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1. Corrigendum: 'Measurement of 73Ge(n,γ) cross sections and implications for stellar nucleosynthesis' [Phys. Lett. B 790 (2019) 458–465]

Author: C. Lederer-Woods, U. Battino, P. Ferreira, A. Gawlik, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, S. Heinitz, J. Lerendegui-Marco, A. Mengoni, R. Reifarth, A. Tattersall, S. Valenta, C. Weiss, O. Aberle, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, V. Bécares, M. Bacak, J. Balibrea, M. Barbagallo, S. Barros, F. Bečvář, C. Beinrucker, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes, D. Bosnar, M. Brugger, M. Caamaño, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, F. Cerutti, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortés, M.A. Cortés-Giraldo, L. Cosentino, L.A. Damone, K. Deo, M. Diakaki, M. Dietz, C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Dressler, E. Dupont, I. Durán, B. Fernández-Domínguez, A. Ferrari, P. Finocchiaro, R.J.W. Frost, V. Furman, K. Göbel, A.R. García, I. Gheorghe, T. Glodariu, I.F. Gonçalves, E. González-Romero, A. Goverdovski, E. Griesmayer, H. Harada, T. Heftrich, A. Hernández-Prieto, J. Heyse, D.G. Jenkins, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, T. Katabuchi, P. Kavrigin, V. Ketlerov, V. Khryachkov, A. Kimura, N. Kivel, I. Knapova, M. Kokkoris, M. Krtička, E. Leal-Cidoncha, H. Leeb, M. Licata, S. Lo Meo, R. Losito, D. Macina, J. Marganiec, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, F. Matteucci, E. Mendoza, P.M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, M. Mirea, S. Montesano, A. Musumarra, R. Nolte, F.R. Palomo-Pinto, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, J.I. Porras, J. Praena, J.M. Quesada, T. Rauscher, A. Riego-Perez, M. Robles, C. Rubbia, J.A. Ryan, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, S. Schmidt, D. Schumann, P. Sedyshev, A.G. Smith, A. Stamatopoulos, S.V. Suryanarayana, G. Tagliente, J.L. Tain, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, L. Tassan-Got, A. Tsinganis, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, S. Warren, M. Weigand, T. Wright, and P. Žugec
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Published: 2023
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2. Measurement of 73Ge(n,γ) cross sections and implications for stellar nucleosynthesis

Author: C. Lederer-Woods, U. Battino, P. Ferreira, A. Gawlik, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, S. Heinitz, J. Lerendegui-Marco, A. Mengoni, R. Reifarth, A. Tattersall, S. Valenta, C. Weiss, O. Aberle, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, V. Bécares, M. Bacak, J. Balibrea, M. Barbagallo, S. Barros, F. Bečvář, C. Beinrucker, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes, D. Bosnar, M. Brugger, M. Caamaño, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, F. Cerutti, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortés, M.A. Cortés-Giraldo, L. Cosentino, L.A. Damone, K. Deo, M. Diakaki, M. Dietz, C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Dressler, E. Dupont, I. Durán, B. Fernández-Domínguez, A. Ferrari, P. Finocchiaro, R.J.W. Frost, V. Furman, K. Göbel, A.R. García, I. Gheorghe, T. Glodariu, I.F. Gonçalves, E. González-Romero, A. Goverdovski, E. Griesmayer, H. Harada, T. Heftrich, A. Hernández-Prieto, J. Heyse, D.G. Jenkins, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, T. Katabuchi, P. Kavrigin, V. Ketlerov, V. Khryachkov, A. Kimura, N. Kivel, I. Knapova, M. Kokkoris, M. Krtička, E. Leal-Cidoncha, H. Leeb, M. Licata, S. Lo Meo, R. Losito, D. Macina, J. Marganiec, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, F. Matteucci, E. Mendoza, P.M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, M. Mirea, S. Montesano, A. Musumarra, R. Nolte, F.R. Palomo-Pinto, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, J.I. Porras, J. Praena, J.M. Quesada, T. Rauscher, A. Riego-Perez, M. Robles, C. Rubbia, J.A. Ryan, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, S. Schmidt, D. Schumann, P. Sedyshev, A.G. Smith, A. Stamatopoulos, S.V. Suryanarayana, G. Tagliente, J.L. Tain, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, L. Tassan-Got, A. Tsinganis, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, S. Warren, M. Weigand, T. Wright, and P. Žugec
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: 73Ge(n,γ) cross sections were measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN up to neutron energies of 300 keV, providing for the first time experimental data above 8 keV. Results indicate that the stellar cross section at kT=30 keV is 1.5 to 1.7 times higher than most theoretical predictions. The new cross sections result in a substantial decrease of 73Ge produced in stars, which would explain the low isotopic abundance of 73Ge in the solar system. Keywords: Nucleosynthesis, Neutron capture, s process, Germanium, n_TOF
Published: 2019
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3. Towards a uniform description of recombiners performance by a consistent CFD approach with the use of a detailed mechanism of hydrogen oxidation

Author: Alexander V. Avdeenkov, Oleg I. Achakovskii, Vladimir V. Ketlerov, Sergei L. Soloviev, and Quang Huong Duong
Subjects: Nuclear engineering. Atomic power, TK9001-9401
Abstract: For a consistent CFD substantiation of the recombiner performance, a detailed mechanism of hydrogen and oxygen recombination is used. The detailed mechanism of chemical kinetics (multi-step recombination reaction) makes it possible to claim universality, both in the numerical justification of the recombiner performance and in the justification of the flameless recombination threshold and makes it possible to justify the method for optimizing the recombiner to improve its characteristics. The models developed based on this approach were applied to both flat and cylindrical catalytic elements, which are used in FR and RVK recombiners, respectively. As part of the numerical studies, the detailed recombination mechanism was verified, namely the temperature distribution along the catalytic elements was compared and the performance of catalytic elements was compared as well. Good agreement was obtained between the calculated and experimental data. The approach considers not only the mechanism of surface recombination of hydrogen and oxygen on platinum, but also the mechanism of recombination in the gas phase. This makes it possible to calculate the onset of intense combustion outside the catalytic plates, which is a sign of volumetric ignition of the hydrogen-air environment. The concentrations at which such ignition is possible were obtained at different contents of water vapor in the medium. Thus, the proposed approach and the created models make it possible to fully describe the performance of recombiners of distinct designs without the use of additional experimental data, which is extremely necessary when justifying the hydrogen explosion safety of nuclear power plants.
Published: 2024
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4. Towards a Uniform Description of Recombiners Performance by a Consistent CFD approach with the use of a Detailed Mechanism of Hydrogen Oxidation

Author: Alexander, V. Avdeenkov, primary, Oleg, I. Achakovskii, additional, Vladimir, V. Ketlerov, additional, Soloviev, Sergey Leonidovich, additional, and Quang, Huong Duong, additional
Published: 2023
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5. Basic models and approximation for the engineering description of the kinetics of the oxide layer of steel in a flow of heavy liquid metal coolant under various oxygen conditions

Author: Alexandr V. Avdeenkov, Oleg I. Achakovsky, Vladimir V. Ketlerov, Vladimir Ya. Kumaev, and Alexander I. Orlov
Subjects: coolant, corrosion, films, HLMC, Nuclear engineering. Atomic power, TK9001-9401
Abstract: The article presents the results of corrosion processes, kinetics and changes in the oxide layer modeling using MASKA-LM software complex. The complex is intended for a numerical simulation of three-dimensional non-stationary processes of mass transfer and interaction of impurity components in a heavy liquid metal coolant (HLMC: lead, lead-bismuth). The software complex is based on the numerical solution of coupled three-dimensional equations of hydrodynamics, heat transfer, formation and convective-diffusive transport of chemically interacting components of impurities. Examples of calculations of mass transfer processes and interaction of impurity components in HLMC, formation of protective oxide films on the surfaces of steels are given to justify the coolant technology.
Published: 2020
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6. Measurement of the cross section for the C13(α,n)16O reaction and determination of the cross section for the O16(n,α)13C reaction

Author: P. S. Prusachenko, T. L. Bobrovsky, I. P. Bondarenko, M. V. Bokhovko, A. F. Gurbich, and V. V. Ketlerov
Published: 2022

7. Measurement of the Ge76(n,γ) cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, V. Bécares, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, D. Cano-Ott, F. Cerutti, M. Diakaki, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, Y. Kadi, A. Gawlik-Ramięga, G. Vannini, F. Bečvář, M. Caamaño, N. Colonna, C. Weiss, A. Oprea, Rugard Dressler, C. Wolf, E. Mendoza, G. Cortes, I. Knapova, S. Valenta, P. Vaz, A. Tsinganis, Peter Schillebeeckx, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Marco Calviani, Y. H. Chen, A. G. Smith, M. Mirea, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, Vasilis Vlachoudis, D. Bosnar, Claudia Lederer-Woods, Philip Woods, V. Khryachkov, L. Cosentino, D. G. Jenkins, P. M. Milazzo, O. Aberle, A. Kimura, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, J. Perkowski, P. V. Sedyshev, M. Bacak, R. Cardella, K. Rajeev, A. Musumarra, J. I. Porras, T. Glodariu, Thomas Rauscher, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, Roberto Losito, Francesca Matteucci, S. Montesano, D. M. Castelluccio, S. Warren, Tanja Heftrich, Kathrin Göbel, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, G. Tagliente, E. Chiaveri, C. Rubbia, A. Stamatopoulos, A. Tattersall, A. Riego-Perez, P. F. Mastinu, V. Variale, Tatsuya Katabuchi, A. Ventura, Pedro G. Ferreira, Mario Weigand, S. Heinitz, J. Andrzejewski, A. Casanovas, D. Macina, Jan Heyse, Carlos Guerrero, J. L. Tain, P. C. Rout, Petar Žugec, Niko Kivel, F. Gunsing, E. Jericha, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, S. Barros, F. Mingrone, Paolo Finocchiaro, M. Krtička, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, Dorothea Schumann, Cristian Massimi, J. Lerendegui-Marco, P. Kavrigin, J. A. Ryan, T. Martinez, Rene Reifarth, L. Audouin, I. F. Gonçalves, M. Kokkoris, E. González-Romero, Stefan Schmidt, Ralf Nolte, A. Goverdovski, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, A. Mengoni, E. Griesmayer, U. Battino, R. Vlastou, L. A. Damone, E. Berthoumieux, N. Patronis, A. K. Saxena, Arnaud Ferrari, V. Ketlerov, J. Billowes, I. Duran, A. R. García, M. Brugger, C. Beinrucker, E. Dupont, M. Dietz, M. Mastromarco, Massimo Barbagallo, Anton Wallner, J. Balibrea, and Hideo Harada
Subjects: Croatian, Physics, Czech, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, European research, 0103 physical sciences, language, Library science, 010306 general physics, 01 natural sciences, language.human_language
Abstract: This work was supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF (J3503), the Adolf Messer Foundation (Germany), the UK Science and Facilities Council (ST/M006085/1), and the European Research Council ERC-2015-StG No. 677497. We also acknowledge support of Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN) under the grant (UMO-2016/22/M/ST2/00183) and University of Lodz under the grant (9/IDUB/MLOD/2021), MEYS of the Czech Republic, the Charles University project UNCE/SCI/013, and the Croatian Science Foundation under the project IP-2018-01-8570.
Published: 2021

8. Radiative Neutron Capture Cross-Section Measurement of Ge Isotopes at n_TOF CERN Facility and Its Importance for Stellar Nucleosynthesis

Author: M. Bacak, A. Musumarra, P. J. Woods, T. Glodariu, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, Roberto Losito, Rene Reifarth, Stefan Schmidt, Cortés-Giraldo, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Tanja Heftrich, A. Riego-Perez, S.L. Meo, A. K. Saxena, Arnaud Ferrari, C. Domingo-Pardo, L. Audouin, G. Vannini, P. C. Rout, L. Cosentino, E. Dupont, J. Billowes, S. Montesano, Tatsuya Katabuchi, A. Stamatopoulos, S. Barros, A. Mengoni, K. Rajeev, M. Caamaño, Petar Žugec, A. Kimura, Rugard Dressler, Francesca Matteucci, D. G. Jenkins, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, A. Tsinganis, P. Kavrigin, Nicola Colonna, M. Kokkoris, Mario Barbagallo, A. Oprea, Vasilis Vlachoudis, I. Knapova, V. Ketlerov, G. Tagliente, G. Cortes, Ralf Nolte, P. Vaz, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, E. Griesmayer, Kathrin Göbel, Alberto Ventura, A. Casanovas, A. Goverdovski, O. Aberle, L. A. Damone, D. Bosnar, Jan Heyse, J. I. Porras, A. R. García, U. Battino, M. Brugger, A. Tattersall, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, F. Cerutti, C. Beinrucker, R. Vlastou, I. Duran, E. Leal-Cidoncha, E. Berthoumieux, A. Gawlik, Thomas Rauscher, D. Cano-Ott, M. Diakaki, E. González-Romero, R. Cardella, Javier Praena, F. Bečvář, C. Wolf, E. Mendoza, Peter Schillebeeckx, V. Bécares, E. Jericha, Paolo Finocchiaro, F. Gunsing, Dorothea Schumann, J. A. Ryan, Cristian Massimi, Pedro G. Ferreira, Mario Weigand, M. Krtička, M. Mirea, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, J. Perkowski, T. Martinez, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, J. Lerendegui-Marco, S. Heinitz, V. Khryachkov, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, P. M. Milazzo, Y. H. Chen, I. F. Gonçalves, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, S. Warren, V. Variale, M. Mastromarco, Anton Wallner, J. Balibrea, D. M. Castelluccio, Hideo Harada, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, Claudia Lederer-Woods, P. V. Sedyshev, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, C. Rubbia, J. L. Tain, Niko Kivel, C. Weiss, Y. Kadi, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, A. G. Smith, M. Dietz, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), n_TOF, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Astrofísica, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Isotopes of germanium, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, General Physics and Astronomy, chemistry.chemical_element, Germanium, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Stellar nucleosynthesis, Isotopes, Nucleosynthesis, CERN, Neutron cross section, Neutron, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, n_TOF, Nuclear Experiment, Stellar activity, Physics, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutron temperature, Neutron capture cross-section, Neutron capture, Activitat estelar, chemistry, Neutron time-of-flight, MACS, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], radiative neutron capture, Ge isotopes, n_TOF, stellar nucleosynthesis
Abstract: This work was supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF (J3503), the Adolf Messer Foundation (Germany), the UK Science and Facilities Council (ST/M006085/1), and the European Research Council ERC-2015-StG No. 677497. We also acknowledge the support of the National Science Centre, Poland, under the grant UMO-2016/22/M/ST2/00183, the MSMT of the Czech Republic and the Croatian Science Foundation under the project IP-2018-01-8570., This manuscript summarizes the results of radiative neutron capture cross-section measurements on two stable germanium isotopes, Ge-70 and Ge-73. Experiments were performed at the n_TOF facility at CERN via the time-of-flight technique, over a wide neutron energy range, for all stable germanium isotopes (70,72,73,74, and 76). Results for Ge-70 [Phys. Rev. C 100, 045804 (2019)] and Ge-73 [Phys. Lett. B 790, 458 (2019)] are already published. In the field of nuclear structure, such measurements allow to study excited levels close to the neutron binding energy and to obtain information on nuclear properties. In stellar nucleosynthesis research, neutron induced reactions on germanium are of importance for nucleosynthesis in the weak component of the slow neutron capture processes., Austrian Science Fund (FWF) J3503, Adolf Messer Foundation (Germany), UK Science and Facilities Council ST/M006085/1, European Research Council (ERC), European Commission 677497, National Science Centre, Poland UMO-2016/22/M/ST2/00183, Ministry of Education, Youth & Sports - Czech Republic, Croatian Science Foundation IP-2018-01-8570
Published: 2021
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9. Basic models and approximation for the engineering description of the kinetics of the oxide layer of steel in a flow of heavy liquid metal coolant under various oxygen conditions

Author: Vladimir V. Ketlerov, Alexandr V. Avdeenkov, Oleg I. Achakovsky, Alexander I. Orlov, and Vladimir Ya. Kumaev
Subjects: Liquid metal, Materials science, Kinetics, coolant, Oxide, Thermodynamics, chemistry.chemical_element, 02 engineering and technology, 01 natural sciences, Oxygen, impurities, Corrosion, HLMC, chemistry.chemical_compound, Mass transfer, 0103 physical sciences, mass transfer, 010302 applied physics, lead, corrosion, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, lcsh:TK9001-9401, Coolant, chemistry, heavy liquid metal coolant, lcsh:Nuclear engineering. Atomic power, films, lead-bismuth, 0210 nano-technology, Layer (electronics)
Abstract: The article presents the results of corrosion processes, kinetics and changes in the oxide layer modeling using MASKA-LM software complex. The complex is intended for a numerical simulation of three-dimensional non-stationary processes of mass transfer and interaction of impurity components in a heavy liquid metal coolant (HLMC: lead, lead-bismuth). The software complex is based on the numerical solution of coupled three-dimensional equations of hydrodynamics, heat transfer, formation and convective-diffusive transport of chemically interacting components of impurities. Examples of calculations of mass transfer processes and interaction of impurity components in HLMC, formation of protective oxide films on the surfaces of steels are given to justify the coolant technology.
Published: 2020

10. Measurement of the α ratio and (n,γ) cross section of U235 from 0.2 to 200 eV at n_TOF

Author: M. B. Gomez-Hornillos, J. Andrzejewski, C. Carrapiço, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, G. Cortes, Tanja Heftrich, A. Riego-Perez, D. Tarrío, V. Bécares, C. Weiss, Roberto Capote, M. Mirea, Srinivasan Ganesan, Kathrin Göbel, A. Mallick, G. Vannini, E. Jericha, Rene Reifarth, F. Mingrone, Rugard Dressler, Jan Heyse, M. Mastromarco, Dorothea Schumann, G. Tagliente, C. Lederer, S. Altstadt, V. Variale, J. A. Ryan, E. Chiaveri, A. Tsinganis, P. F. Mastinu, A. K. Saxena, P. Vaz, Stefan Schmidt, Jeri Kroll, F. Calviño, Massimo Barbagallo, Petar Žugec, L.S. Leong, F. Bečvář, H. Leeb, Anton Wallner, Arnaud Ferrari, Vasilis Vlachoudis, J. Balibrea-Correa, M. S. Robles, E. Mendoza, N. Colonna, Peter Schillebeeckx, J. Billowes, J. Perkowski, R. Sarmento, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, V. Khryachkov, P. M. Milazzo, C. Domingo-Pardo, Vittorio Boccone, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, P. E. Koehler, Willy Mondelaers, P. V. Sedyshev, D. G. Jenkins, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, D. Cano-Ott, M. Diakaki, C. Paradela, Roberto Losito, L. Audouin, Christoph Langer, K. Fraval, M. Kokkoris, M. Krtička, A. Manousos, A. Goverdovski, Mario Weigand, T. Martinez, D. Bosnar, J. Marganiec, A. Hernández-Prieto, T. Ware, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, E. Griesmayer, Carlos Guerrero, G. Giubrone, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, Tatsuya Katabuchi, A. Ventura, A. Mengoni, M. P. W. Chin, I. Duran, V. Ketlerov, E. Leal-Cidoncha, C. Eleftheriadis, Thomas Rauscher, J. L. Tain, D. Karadimos, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, J. Lerendegui-Marco, Niko Kivel, A. R. García, M. Brugger, C. Rubbia, I. F. Gonçalves, Fabio Belloni, Javier Praena, F. Cerutti, M. J. Vermeulen, Y. Kadi, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, E. González, F. Käppeler, and A. J. M. Plompen
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, 01 natural sciences, Calorimeter, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), Neutron capture, Neutron flux, Nuclear fission, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, 010306 general physics
Abstract: We measured the neutron capture-to-fission cross-section ratio (α ratio) and the capture cross section of $^{235}$U between 0.2 and 200 eV at the n_TOF facility at CERN. The simultaneous measurement of neutron-induced capture and fission rates was performed by means of the n_TOF BaF$_{2}$ Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC), used for detection of γ rays, in combination with a set of micromegas detectors used as fission tagging detectors. The energy dependence of the capture cross section was obtained with help of the $^{6}$Li(n,t) standard reaction determining the n_TOF neutron fluence; the well-known integral of the $^{235}$U(n,f) cross section between 7.8 and 11 eV was then used for its absolute normalization. The α ratio, obtained with slightly higher statistical fluctuations, was determined directly, without need for any reference cross section. To perform the analysis of this measurement we developed a new methodology to correct the experimentally observed effect that the probabilities of detecting a fission reaction in the TAC and the micromegas detectors are not independent. The results of this work have been used in a new evaluation of $^{235}$U performed within the scope of the Collaborative International Evaluated Library Organisation (CIELO) Project, and are consistent with the ENDF/B-VIII.0 and JEFF-3.3 capture cross sections below 4 eV and above 100 eV. However, the measured capture cross section is on average 10% larger between 4 and 100 eV.
Published: 2020

11. Neutron Capture on the s -Process Branching Point Tm171 via Time-of-Flight and Activation

Author: Claudia Lederer-Woods, A Kriesel, L. Piersanti, P. V. Sedyshev, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, J. Heyse, G. Vannini, B. Fernández-Domínguez, D. M. Castelluccio, F. Käppeler, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, D. Bosnar, M A Millán-Callado, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, J. Lerendegui-Marco, S. Amaducci, O. Aberle, M. Caamaño, E. Leal-Cidoncha, I. Duran, I. F. Gonçalves, D Berkovits, F. Cerutti, A. Gawlik, A. Goverdovski, G. Tagliente, Thomas Rauscher, V. Bécares, T Rodríguez-González, A Damone, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, G. Cortes, Leonid Weissman, S. Montesano, Michael Paul, K. Rajeev, A. Stamatopoulos, M. Kokkoris, S. Warren, R. Vlastou, E. Jericha, Paolo Finocchiaro, E. Berthoumieux, Francesca Matteucci, T Palchan-Hazan, A. Casanovas, S. Halfon, D. Cano-Ott, M. Diakaki, Ulli Köster, E. González-Romero, P. Kavrigin, D Kijel, V. Variale, Dimitri Rochman, A. Musumarra, Dorothea Schumann, J. A. Ryan, M. Tessler, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, A. Manna, P. Vaz, Ralf Nolte, E. Griesmayer, Ignacio Porras, P. J. Woods, L. Cosentino, A. Oprea, Tanja Heftrich, R. Cardella, C. Weiss, T Hirsh, A. R. García, mtext, M. Brugger, A Shor, Alberto Ventura, mrow, E. Dupont, P. C. Rout, Y. Kadi, N. Patronis, A. K. Saxena, V. Khryachkov, P. M. Milazzo, Arnaud Ferrari, C. Beinrucker, A. Pavlik, V. Furman, A. Mengoni, S. Valenta, C. Domingo-Pardo, T. J. Wright, B Kaizer, J. Billowes, Marco Calviani, F. Bečvář, V. Ketlerov, C. Wolf, A. G. Smith, Petar Žugec, E. Mendoza, M. Dietz, Peter Schillebeeckx, H Dafna, S. Heinitz, L. Audouin, Y Eisen, M. Bacak, C. Rubbia, Y Buzaglo, T. Glodariu, Roberto Losito, Rugard Dressler, mtext> Tof, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, A. Tsinganis, Nicola Colonna, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Kathrin Göbel, A. Kimura, D. G. Jenkins, Mario Barbagallo, J. L. Tain, J. Marganiec, Niko Kivel, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, M. Krtička, T. Martinez, Y. H. Chen, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, M. Mirea, Rene Reifarth, Stefan Schmidt, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, J. M. Quesada, J. Perkowski, L. Tassan-Got, Sergio Cristallo, Pedro G. Ferreira, Mario Weigand, Tatsuya Katabuchi, A Barak, S. Barros, M. Mastromarco, Anton Wallner, J. Balibrea, and Hideo Harada
Subjects: Physics, General Physics and Astronomy, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Neutron temperature, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, Stellar nucleosynthesis, Nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Neutron, Nuclide, 010306 general physics, s-process
Abstract: The neutron capture cross sections of several unstable nuclides acting as branching points in the s process are crucial for stellar nucleosynthesis studies. The unstable $^{171}$Tm(t$_{1/2}$=1.92 yr) is part of the branching around mass A∼170 but its neutron capture cross section as a function of the neutron energy is not known to date. In this work, following the production for the first time of more than 5 mg of $^{171}$Tm at the high-flux reactor Institut Laue-Langevin in France, a sample was produced at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. Two complementary experiments were carried out at the neutron time-of-flight facility (n_TOF) at CERN in Switzerland and at the SARAF liquid lithium target facility at Soreq Nuclear Research Center in Israel by time of flight and activation, respectively. The result of the time-of-flight experiment consists of the first ever set of resonance parameters and the corresponding average resonance parameters, allowing us to make an estimation of the Maxwellian-averaged cross sections (MACS) by extrapolation. The activation measurement provides a direct and more precise measurement of the MACS at 30 keV: 384(40) mb, with which the estimation from the n_TOF data agree at the limit of 1 standard deviation. This value is 2.6 times lower than the JEFF-3.3 and ENDF/B-VIII evaluations, 25% lower than that of the Bao et al. compilation, and 1.6 times larger than the value recommended in the KADoNiS (v1) database, based on the only previous experiment. Our result affects the nucleosynthesis at the A∼170 branching, namely, the $^{171}$Yb abundance increases in the material lost by asymptotic giant branch stars, providing a better match to the available pre-solar SiC grain measurements compared to the calculations based on the current JEFF-3.3 model-based evaluation.
Published: 2020

12. Investigation of the Pu240(n,f) reaction at the n_TOF/EAR2 facility in the 9 meV–6 MeV range

Author: R. J. W. Frost, A. Goverdovski, A. Mengoni, M. Krtička, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, I. Duran, G. Tagliente, Petar Žugec, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, T. Martinez, L. Cosentino, K. Deo, G. Vannini, V. Ketlerov, D. Bosnar, E. Dupont, A. Musumarra, Tatsuya Katabuchi, A. Ventura, M. Mirea, M. Mastromarco, S. Warren, A. Kimura, S. Heinitz, V. Variale, S. Barros, A. Tsinganis, Massimo Barbagallo, F. R. Palomo-Pinto, M. Caamaño, Rene Reifarth, E. Chiaveri, D. G. Jenkins, Anton Wallner, Stefan Schmidt, C. Paradela, Rugard Dressler, F. Calviño, Tanja Heftrich, P. F. Mastinu, L. Audouin, M. Licata, H. Leeb, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, J. Balibrea, S. V. Suryanarayana, F. Mingrone, C. Lederer, I. Knapova, A. Riego-Perez, J. Perkowski, R. Vlastou, J. Marganiec, S. Valenta, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. J. M. Plompen, F. Gunsing, P. Vaz, N. Colonna, Marco Calviani, E. Berthoumieux, P. Kavrigin, Ralf Nolte, A. G. Smith, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, F. Cerutti, Cristian Massimi, A. Pavlik, E. Leal-Cidoncha, O. Aberle, E. Griesmayer, L. A. Damone, C. Domingo-Pardo, Hideo Harada, A. Hernández-Prieto, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, Kathrin Göbel, Vasilis Vlachoudis, V. Bécares, M. S. Robles, Thomas Rauscher, Jan Heyse, M. Kokkoris, C. Rubbia, Pedro G. Ferreira, Mario Weigand, C. Weiss, D. Cano-Ott, Y. Kadi, M. Diakaki, F. Bečvář, M. Bacak, E. Mendoza, Peter Schillebeeckx, J. Lerendegui-Marco, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, J. L. Tain, J. I. Porras, T. Glodariu, Roberto Losito, I. F. Gonçalves, Niko Kivel, B. Fernández-Domínguez, E. González-Romero, F. Käppeler, Fabio Belloni, A. R. García, Francesca Matteucci, M. Brugger, C. Beinrucker, V. Khryachkov, P. M. Milazzo, Ioana Gheorghe, N. Patronis, A. K. Saxena, Arnaud Ferrari, S. Montesano, J. Billowes, E. Jericha, A. Stamatopoulos, Paolo Finocchiaro, Dorothea Schumann, J. A. Ryan, P. V. Sedyshev, J. Andrzejewski, and G. Cortes
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear transmutation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Monte Carlo method, Radioactive waste, MicroMegas detector, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Neutron temperature, Spent nuclear fuel, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics
Abstract: Background: Nuclear waste management is considered amongst the major challenges in the field of nuclear energy. A possible means of addressing this issue is waste transmutation in advanced nuclear systems, whose operation requires a fast neutron spectrum. In this regard, the accurate knowledge of neutron-induced reaction cross sections of several (minor) actinide isotopes is essential for design optimization and improvement of safety margins of such systems. One such case is Pu240, due to its accumulation in spent nuclear fuel of thermal reactors and its usage in fast reactor fuel. The measurement of the Pu240(n,f) cross section was previously attempted at the CERN n_TOF facility EAR1 measuring station using the time-of-flight technique. Due to the low amount of available material and the given flux at EAR1, the measurement had to last several months to achieve a sufficient statistical accuracy. This long duration led to detector deterioration due to the prolonged exposure to the high α activity of the fission foils, therefore the measurement could not be successfully completed. Purpose: It is aimed to determine whether it is feasible to study neutron-induced fission at n_TOF/EAR2 and provide data on the Pu240(n,f) reaction in energy regions requested for applications. Methods: The study of the Pu240(n,f) reaction was made at a new experimental area (EAR2) with a shorter flight path which delivered on average 30 times higher flux at fast neutron energies. This enabled the measurement to be performed much faster, thus limiting the exposure of the detectors to the intrinsic activity of the fission foils. The experimental setup was based on microbulk Micromegas detectors and the time-of-flight data were analyzed with an optimized pulse-shape analysis algorithm. Special attention was dedicated to the estimation of the non-negligible counting loss corrections with the development of a new methodology, and other corrections were estimated via Monte Carlo simulations of the experimental setup. Results: This new measurement of the Pu240(n,f) cross section yielded data from 9meV up to 6MeV incident neutron energy and fission resonance kernels were extracted up to 10keV. Conclusions: Neutron-induced fission of high activity samples can be successfully studied at the n_TOF/EAR2 facility at CERN covering a wide range of neutron energies, from thermal to a few MeV.
Published: 2020

13. Measurement of the Pu-242(n,gamma) cross section from thermal to 500 keV at the Budapest research reactor and CERN n_TOF-EAR1 facilities

Author: O. Aberle, G. Cortes, C. Rubbia, Rugard Dressler, V. Khryachkov, P. M. Milazzo, Pedro G. Ferreira, Mario Weigand, A. Oprea, Tamás Belgya, A. Goverdovski, L. Cosentino, E. Jericha, A. Tsinganis, Paolo Finocchiaro, Dorothea Schumann, J. A. Ryan, L. Audouin, F. Mingrone, K. Rajeev, J. Lerendegui-Marco, J. L. Tain, A. Kimura, D. M. Castelluccio, J. Andrzejewski, Francesca Matteucci, I. Knapova, A. Musumarra, F. Cerutti, Nicola Colonna, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, T. Martinez, Niko Kivel, I. F. Gonçalves, I. Duran, Mario Barbagallo, F. Gunsing, V. Vlachoudis, G. Vannini, A. R. García, Cristian Massimi, P. Vaz, P. J. Woods, P. C. Rout, M. Caamaño, Tanja Heftrich, C. Weiss, G. Tagliente, C. Lederer, Alberto Ventura, J. Marganiec, A. Riego-Perez, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, M. Mirea, V. Bécares, M. Brugger, D. Macina, S. Heinitz, Carlos Guerrero, R. Vlastou, D. Cano-Ott, M. Diakaki, Y. Kadi, A. Pavlik, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, B. Fernández-Domínguez, A. Casanovas, F. Käppeler, E. Chiaveri, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, N. Patronis, A. K. Saxena, C. Domingo-Pardo, E. Berthoumieux, Diego Vescovi, J. Perkowski, S. Valenta, Arnaud Ferrari, D. G. Jenkins, P. F. Mastinu, F. Bečvář, M. Bacak, Marco Calviani, C. Beinrucker, C. Wolf, P. Kavrigin, Kathrin Göbel, E. Mendoza, Alberto Mengoni, A. G. Smith, Ralf Nolte, J. Billowes, Jan Heyse, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Peter Schillebeeckx, E. Griesmayer, Tatsuya Katabuchi, D. Bosnar, L. A. Damone, M. Krtiička, R. Cardella, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, S. Barros, M. Kokkoris, A. Gawlik, J. I. Porras, Rene Reifarth, T. Glodariu, Thomas Rauscher, S. Warren, Roberto Losito, Stefan Schmidt, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Y. H. Chen, V. Variale, P. V. Sedyshev, Arnd R. Junghans, Petar Žugec, E. González-Romero, V. Ketlerov, V. Furman, Klaus Eberhardt, T. J. Wright, S. Montesano, A. Stamatopoulos, M. Mastromarco, Anton Wallner, J. Balibrea, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, Hideo Harada, E. Dupont, Boglárka Maróti, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, n_TOF, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Ge, Z., Shu, N., Chen, Y., Wang, W., Zhang, H., and Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, QC1-999, n_TOF, 242Pu, neutron capture, neutron time of flight, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Resonance (particle physics), Nuclear physics, Stack (abstract data type), 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Research reactor, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Neutron activation analysis, 010306 general physics
Abstract: The design and operation of innovative nuclear systems requires a better knowledge of the capture and fission cross sections of the Pu isotopes. For the case of capture on 242Pu, a reduction of the uncertainty in the fast region down to 8-12% is required. Moreover, aiming at improving the evaluation of the fast energy range in terms of average parameters, the OECD NEA High Priority Request List (HPRL) requests high-resolution capture measurements with improved accuracy below 2 keV. The current uncertainties also affect the thermal point, where previous experiments deviate from each other by 20%. A fruitful collaboration betwen JGU Mainz and HZ Dresden-Rossendorf within the EC CHANDA project resulted in a 242Pu sample consisting of a stack of seven fission-like targets making a total of 95(4) mg of 242Pu electrodeposited on thin (11.5 μm) aluminum backings. This contribution presents the results of a set of measurements of the 242Pu(n, γ) cross section from thermal to 500 keV combining different neutron beams and techniques. The thermal point was determined at the Budapest Research Reactor by means of Neutron Activation Analysis and Prompt Gamma Analysis, and the resolved (1 eV - 4 keV) and unresolved (1 - 500 keV) resonance regions were measured using a set of four Total Energy detectors at the CERN n_TOF-EAR1. European Commission 334315, 605203 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad FPA2013-45083-P, FPA2014-53290-C2-2-P, FPA2016-77689-C2-1-R German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) 03NUK13A
Published: 2020

14. Preparation and characterization of 33S samples for 33S(n,α)30Si cross-section measurements at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: J. Praena, F.J. Ferrer, W. Vollenberg, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, B. Fernández, J. García-López, I. Porras, J.M. Quesada, S. Altstadt, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, V. Bécares, M. Barbagallo, F. Bečvář, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes, V. Boccone, D. Bosnar, M. Brugger, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, C. Carrapiço, F. Cerutti, E. Chiaveri, M. Chin, N. Colonna, G. Cortés, M.A. Cortés-Giraldo, M. Diakaki, M. Dietz, C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Dressler, I. Durán, C. Eleftheriadis, A. Ferrari, K. Fraval, V. Furman, K. Göbel, M.B. Gómez-Hornillos, S. Ganesan, A.R. García, G. Giubrone, I.F. Gonçalves, E. González-Romero, A. Goverdovski, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, T. Heftrich, A. Hernández-Prieto, J. Heyse, D.G. Jenkins, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, T. Katabuchi, V. Ketlerov, V. Khryachkov, N. Kivel, P. Koehler, M. Kokkoris, J. Kroll, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudis, C. Langer, E. Leal-Cidoncha, C. Lederer, H. Leeb, L.S. Leong, J. Lerendegui-Marco, R. Losito, A. Mallick, A. Manousos, J. Marganiec, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, E. Mendoza, A. Mengoni, P.M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, M. Mirea, W. Mondelaers, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, A.J.M. Plompen, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, A. Riego-Perez, M. Robles, C. Rubbia, J.A. Ryan, R. Sarmento, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, S. Schmidt, D. Schumann, P. Sedyshev, G. Tagliente, J.L. Tain, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, D. Tarrío, L. Tassan-Got, A. Tsinganis, S. Valenta, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, M.J. Vermeulen, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, T. Ware, M. Weigand, C. Weiss, T. Wright, and P. Žugec
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Thin layers, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Analytical chemistry, chemistry.chemical_element, Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Copper, Kapton, Chromium, chemistry, 0103 physical sciences, Sublimation (phase transition), Neutron, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Titanium
Abstract: Thin 33S samples for the study of the 33S(n, α)30Si cross-section at the n_TOF facility at CERN were made by thermal evaporation of 33S powder onto a dedicated substrate made of kapton covered with thin layers of copper, chromium and titanium. This method has provided for the first time bare sulfur samples a few centimeters in diameter. The samples have shown an excellent adherence with no mass loss after few years and no sublimation in vacuum at room temperature. The determination of the mass thickness of 33S has been performed by means of Rutherford backscattering spectrometry. The samples have been successfully tested under neutron irradiation.
Published: 2018

15. Measurement of the Ge70(n,γ) cross section up to 300 keV at the CERN n_TOF facility

Author: E. A. Maugeri, G. Cortes, A. Musumarra, Claudia Lederer-Woods, A. R. García, S. Warren, V. Variale, V. Bécares, C. Weiss, R. Vlastou, A. Tattersall, P. C. Rout, M. Brugger, F. Gunsing, Tanja Heftrich, P. V. Sedyshev, Cristian Massimi, P. Ferreira, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, I. Knapova, M. Krtička, N. Patronis, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, A. Riego-Perez, C. Beinrucker, D. M. Castelluccio, Alfredo Ferrari, Petar Žugec, P. Vaz, K. Göbel, M. Mirea, G. Tagliente, T. Martinez, K. Rajeev, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, M. Bacak, G. Vannini, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, I. Duran, Alberto Ventura, A. Kimura, T. Wright, Francesca Matteucci, V. Khryachkov, D. Macina, J. Perkowski, A. Gawlik, U. Battino, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, Thomas Rauscher, F. Käppeler, A. Pavlik, J. Marganiec, C. Domingo-Pardo, J. I. Porras, J. L. Tain, F. Bečvář, A. Saxena, Roberto Losito, S. Valenta, Carlos Guerrero, M. Kokkoris, Tatsuya Katabuchi, O. Aberle, C. Wolf, Mario Weigand, Mario Barbagallo, A. Casanovas, P. F. Mastinu, Marco Calviani, Carlo Rubbia, A. G. Smith, R. Dressler, E. Mendoza, S. Barros, L. Cosentino, D. Schumann, Philip Woods, Rene Reifarth, P. Kavrigin, E. Berthoumieux, N. Kivel, A. Tsinganis, Stefan Schmidt, L. Audouin, Nicola Colonna, V. Vlachoudis, E. González-Romero, J. M. Quesada, E. Chiaveri, L. Tassan-Got, E. Dupont, D. Cano-Ott, E. Griesmayer, Y. H. Chen, L. A. Damone, M. Caamaño, S. Heinitz, V. Furman, E. Jericha, V. Ketlerov, Alberto Mengoni, T. Glodariu, Paolo Finocchiaro, F. Cerutti, J. A. Ryan, D. G. Jenkins, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, J. Lerendegui-Marco, R. Cardella, I. F. Gonçalves, S. Montesano, A. Stamatopoulos, A. Oprea, J. Heyse, M. Mastromarco, Anton Wallner, J. Billowes, J. Balibrea, P. Schillebeeckx, Hideo Harada, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, M. Diakaki, R. Nolte, P. M. Milazzo, M. Dietz, and A. Goverdovski
Subjects: Physics, Standard solar model, Solar mass, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Neutron temperature, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, 13. Climate action, Nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, s-process
Abstract: Neutron capture data on intermediate mass nuclei are of key importance to nucleosynthesis in the weak component of the slow neutron capture processes, which occurs in massive stars. The $(n,\gamma)$ cross section on $^{70}Ge$, which is mainly produced in the s process, was measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. Resonance capture kernels were determined up to 40 keV neutron energy and average cross sections up to 300 keV. Stellar cross sections were calculated from $kT=5 keV$ to $kT=100 keV$ and are in very good agreement with a previous measurement by Walter and Beer (1985) and recent evaluations. Average cross sections are in agreement with Walter and Beer (1985) over most of the neutron energy range covered, while they are systematically smaller for neutron energies above 150 keV. We have calculated isotopic abundances produced in s-process environments in a 25 solar mass star for two initial metallicities (below solar and close to solar). While the low metallicity model reproduces best the solar system germanium isotopic abundances, the close to solar model shows a good global match to solar system abundances in the range of mass numbers A=60–80.
Published: 2019

16. Measurement of 73Ge(n,g) cross sections and implications for stellar nucleosynthesis

Author: S. Montesano, V. Khryachkov, A. Tsinganis, Alfredo Ferrari, F. R. Palomo-Pinto, Nicola Colonna, E. Dupont, A. Goverdovski, G. Tagliente, J. Heyse, A. Musumarra, Claudia Lederer-Woods, M. Mastromarco, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, Pedro G. Ferreira, Mario Weigand, I. Duran, E. Mendoza, Anton Wallner, M. Bacak, P. V. Sedyshev, M. Mirea, J. Balibrea, V. Furman, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, Ioana Gheorghe, J. Perkowski, Tanja Heftrich, S. Heinitz, J. Billowes, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, A. Kimura, Francesca Matteucci, A. Riego-Perez, T. Glodariu, M. Krtička, A. Hernández-Prieto, S. Warren, V. Bécares, L. Cosentino, N. Patronis, R. Dressler, Roberto Losito, M. S. Robles, T. Martinez, E. Jericha, C. Weiss, D. Macina, R. Vlastou, V. Variale, Paolo Finocchiaro, A. Stamatopoulos, P. M. Milazzo, O. Aberle, J. A. Ryan, D. G. Jenkins, E. Berthoumieux, Mario Barbagallo, M. Diakaki, Alberto Mengoni, J. Marganiec, Carlos Guerrero, F. Bečvář, A. Saxena, S. V. Suryanarayana, D. Schumann, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, E. González-Romero, P. F. Mastinu, A. Tattersall, P. Schillebeeckx, Hideo Harada, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, P. Kavrigin, F. Mingrone, S. Valenta, J. Andrzejewski, Ralf Nolte, Marco Calviani, V. Vlachoudis, M. Kokkoris, Rene Reifarth, E. Griesmayer, A. G. Smith, Petar Žugec, C. Paradela, M. Dietz, Stefan Schmidt, L. A. Damone, L. Audouin, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, K. Göbel, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, T. Wright, Tatsuya Katabuchi, S. Barros, U. Battino, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, J. I. Porras, I. Knapova, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, C. Rubbia, J. L. Tain, Niko Kivel, G. Cortes, J. Lerendegui-Marco, A. R. García, M. Brugger, I. F. Gonçalves, R. J. W. Frost, C. Beinrucker, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, Fabio Belloni, G. Vannini, A. Gawlik, Thomas Rauscher, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, M. Licata, K. Deo, M. Caamaño, V. Ketlerov, F. Cerutti, Lederer-Woods, C., Battino, U., Ferreira, P., Gawlik, A., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Heinitz, S., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Mengoni, A., Reifarth, R., Tattersall, A., Valenta, S., Weiss, C., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Becares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Becvar, F., Beinrucker, C., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamano, M., Calvino, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortes, G., Cortes-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L. A., Deo, K., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Duran, I., Fernandez-Dominguez, B., Ferrari, A., Finocchiaro, P., Frost, R. J. W., Furman, V., Gobel, K., Garcia, A. R., Gheorghe, I., Glodariu, T., Goncalves, I. F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Hernandez-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Kappeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Knapova, I., Kokkoris, M., Krticka, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Leeb, H., Licata, M., Lo Meo, S., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martinez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Palomo-Pinto, F. R., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, J. I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Rauscher, T., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J. A., Sabate-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G., Stamatopoulos, A., Suryanarayana, S. V., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeno-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Wright, T., Zugec, P., Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), n_TOF, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Damone, L.A., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Frost, R.J.W., Göbel, K., García, A.R., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Hernández-Prieto, A., Jenkins, D.G., Käppeler, F., Krtička, M., Martínez, T., Milazzo, P.M., Palomo-Pinto, F.R., Porras, J.I., Quesada, J.M., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Smith, A.G., Suryanarayana, S.V., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Žugec, P., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)
Subjects: Nucleosynthesis, Neutron capture, s process, Germanium, n_TOF, s proce, Nuclear reaction, Natural abundance, nucl-ex, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Stellar nucleosynthesis, CERN, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, n_TOF, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Cross section, Germanium, lcsh:QC1-999, PRIRODNE ZNANOSTI. Fizika, Neutron capture, Nucleosynthesis, s process, Nucleosíntesi, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, nTOF, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Neutron, Neutrons--Captura, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Neutrons--Capture, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nucleosynthesi, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Capture cross section, NATURAL SCIENCES. Physics, Stars, 13. Climate action, s-process, lcsh:Physics
Abstract: 73Ge(n, γ) cross sections were measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN up to neutron energies of 300keV, providing for the first time experimental data above 8keV. Results indicate that the stellar cross section at kT=30keV is 1.5 to 1.7 times higher than most theoretical predictions. The new cross sections result in a substantial decrease of 73Ge produced in stars, which would explain the low isotopic abundance of 73Ge in the solar system., This work was supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF (J3503), the Adolf Messer Foundation (Germany), the UK Science and Facilities Council (ST/M006085/1), and the European Research Council ERC-2015-StG Nr.677497.
Published: 2019
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17. Data analysis of the FIC detector at the n_TOF facility

Author: D. Karamanis, K. G. Ioannides, P. Cennini, P. Pavlopoulos, V. Konovalov, K. C. Stamoulis, D. Karadimos, V. Ketlerov, P.A. Assimakopoulos, N. Tsagas, and Vasilis Vlachoudis
Subjects: Physics, Optics, business.industry, Detector, business
Abstract: The analysis technique applied to the data from the FIC (Fast Induction Chamber) detector at the n_TOF facility is presented here. The measurements took place at the installation of CERN in Geneva. The detector was placed in front of the neutron beam for the determination of the neutron induced fission cross-section of various isotopes of the Th cycle. For the data acquisition, several fADC (flash Analog to Digital Converter) channels were used. This facilitated the detailed off-line analysis of data since all information was stored in the computer. The analysis of the data aimed at the discrimination of fission events. For this end we had to deal with three main issues: (1) The subtraction of the background, (2) the fitting of the pulses and (3) the automation of the process. The analysis pertaining to these issues will be further elucidated here.
Published: 2019

18. Measurement and resonance analysis of the S33(n,α)Si30 cross section at the CERN n_TOF facility in the energy region from 10 to 300 keV

Author: C. Carrapiço, Tanja Heftrich, G. Cortes, A. Riego-Perez, D. Tarrío, M. S. Robles, Jeri Kroll, Ignacio Porras, M. Mastromarco, J. Lerendegui-Marco, A. Mengoni, M. P. W. Chin, M. B. Gomez-Hornillos, J. Andrzejewski, I. F. Gonçalves, Fabio Belloni, Javier Praena, Massimo Barbagallo, R. Sarmento, V. Ketlerov, Anton Wallner, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, C. Paradela, P. Vaz, D. Cano-Ott, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, L. Audouin, F. Bečvář, V. Khryachkov, C. Weiss, Srinivasan Ganesan, M. Diakaki, P. M. Milazzo, E. Chiaveri, E. Mendoza, C. Lampoudis, P. F. Mastinu, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, Roberto Losito, A. Pavlik, F. Gunsing, Tatsuya Katabuchi, A. Ventura, Peter Schillebeeckx, C. Domingo-Pardo, Claudia Lederer-Woods, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, Cristian Massimi, Damir Bosnar, A. Manousos, Y. Kadi, V. Bécares, E. Leal-Cidoncha, C. Eleftheriadis, Rene Reifarth, Stefan Schmidt, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, M. Kokkoris, Thomas Rauscher, J. Marganiec, Vittorio Boccone, J. M. Quesada, D. G. Jenkins, M. Mirea, P. V. Sedyshev, L. Tassan-Got, A. Mallick, G. Vannini, D. Karadimos, Petar Žugec, Willy Mondelaers, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, A. K. Saxena, Christoph Langer, J. Perkowski, A. Hernández-Prieto, Arnaud Ferrari, E. González-Romero, J. Billowes, Mario Weigand, Kathrin Göbel, A. R. García, Rugard Dressler, Jan Heyse, A. Tsinganis, F. Cerutti, M. J. Vermeulen, M. Brugger, Nicola Colonna, E. Jericha, L.S. Leong, S. Valenta, Dorothea Schumann, Vasilis Vlachoudis, J. A. Ryan, Marco Calviani, S. Altstadt, K. Fraval, M. Dietz, Carlos Guerrero, G. Giubrone, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, F. Käppeler, Niko Kivel, V. Variale, A. Goverdovski, P. E. Koehler, F. Mingrone, C. Rubbia, I. Duran, M. Krtička, T. Martinez, T. Ware, E. Griesmayer, and A. J. M. Plompen
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear reaction, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Resolution (electron density), Resonance, MicroMegas detector, 01 natural sciences, Neutron temperature, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, 010306 general physics
Abstract: The 33S(n, α)30Si cross section has been measured at the neutron time-of-flight (n_TOF) facility at CERN in the neutron energy range from 10 to 300 keV relative to the 10B(n, α)7Li cross-section standard. Both reactions were measured simultaneously with a set of micromegas detectors. The flight path of 185 m has allowed us to obtain the cross section with high-energy resolution. An accurate description of the resonances has been performed by means of the multilevel multichannel R-matrix code SAMMY. The results show a significantly higher area of the biggest resonance (13.45 keV) than the unique high-resolution (n, α) measurement. The new parametrization of the 13.45-keV resonance is similar to that of the unique transmission measurement. This resonance is a matter of research in neutron-capture therapy. The 33S(n, α)30Si cross section has been studied in previous works because of its role in the production of 36S in stars, which is currently overproduced in stellar models compared to observations.
Published: 2018

19. Measurement and analysis of theAm241neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: J. Lerendegui-Marco, Carlos Guerrero, S. Andriamonje, I. Dillmann, Jan Heyse, P. E. Koehler, E. Leal-Cidoncha, C. Eleftheriadis, S. Altstadt, I. F. Gonçalves, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, Thomas Rauscher, Fabio Belloni, C. Weiss, G. Tagliente, M. Mirea, S. Heinitz, V. Bécares, D. Karadimos, M. Mastromarco, P. V. Sedyshev, A. Mengoni, M. S. Robles, D. López, Massimo Barbagallo, Roberto Losito, N. Colonna, A. K. Saxena, F. Mingrone, C. Lederer, I. Duran, Tatsuya Katabuchi, A. Ventura, M. P. W. Chin, V. Ketlerov, F. Roman, Srinivasan Ganesan, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, C. Carrapiço, Arnaud Ferrari, C. Paradela, Anton Wallner, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, M. B. Gomez-Hornillos, B. Berthier, F. Cerutti, J. Billowes, P. Gurusamy, L. Audouin, J. Balibrea, A. Goverdovski, M. J. Vermeulen, V. Khryachkov, A. Tsinganis, J. Andrzejewski, Tanja Heftrich, A. Hernández-Prieto, F. Bečvář, E. González, Jeri Kroll, P. Vaz, S. Valenta, J. Perkowski, L.S. Leong, A. Riego-Perez, P. M. Milazzo, D. Cano-Ott, A. R. García, Marco Calviani, T. Ware, Vasilis Vlachoudis, K. Fraval, R. Sarmento, M. Brugger, F. Gramegna, M. Kokkoris, E. Mendoza, E. Griesmayer, A. J. M. Plompen, M. Krtička, M. Diakaki, Javier Praena, F. Käppeler, V. Variale, Peter Schillebeeckx, N. Dzysiuk, Rene Reifarth, T. Martinez, Roberto Versaci, Willy Mondelaers, Christoph Langer, G. Giubrone, Stefan Schmidt, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, Y. Kadi, C. Rubbia, Mario Weigand, A. Manousos, C. Domingo-Pardo, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, E. Jericha, J. Marganiec, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, Dorothea Schumann, J. A. Ryan, F. Gunsing, J. L. Tain, D. Bosnar, Cristian Massimi, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, Petar Žugec, G. Cortes, D. Tarrío, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, G. Vannini, D. G. Jenkins, and M. Licata
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Resonance, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Neutron temperature, Calorimeter, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), Neutron capture, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Neutron, 010306 general physics
Abstract: The Am241(n,γ) cross section has been measured at the n-TOF facility at CERN with the n-TOF BaF2 Total Absorption Calorimeter in the energy range between 0.2 eV and 10 keV. Our results are analyzed as resolved resonances up to 700 eV, allowing a more detailed description of the cross section than in the current evaluations, which contain resolved resonances only up to 150-160 eV. The cross section in the unresolved resonance region is perfectly consistent with the predictions based on the average resonance parameters deduced from the resolved resonances, thus obtaining a consistent description of the cross section in the full neutron energy range under study. Below 20 eV, our results are in reasonable agreement with JEFF-3.2 as well as with the most recent direct measurements of the resonance integral, and differ up to 20-30% with other experimental data. Between 20 eV and 1 keV, the disagreement with other experimental data and evaluations gradually decreases, in general, with the neutron energy. Above 1 keV, we find compatible results with previously existing values.
Published: 2018

20. Radiative neutron capture on Pu242 in the resonance region at the CERN n_TOF-EAR1 facility

Author: Tanja Heftrich, A. Mengoni, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Thomas Rauscher, A. Riego-Perez, E. González-Romero, L. Audouin, V. Bécares, V. Ketlerov, G. Vannini, A. G. Smith, N. Patronis, A. K. Saxena, I. Duran, M. Mirea, A. R. García, Arnaud Ferrari, D. M. Castelluccio, M. Brugger, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, M. Caamaño, C. Beinrucker, S. Valenta, Rugard Dressler, Marco Calviani, C. Weiss, A. Kimura, E. Chiaveri, Rene Reifarth, Luigi Cosentino, C. Lederer, P. F. Mastinu, A. Tsinganis, F. Calviño, P. Kavrigin, Jan Heyse, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, Stefan Schmidt, S. Montesano, G. Tagliente, A. Oprea, D. G. Jenkins, H. Leeb, Nicola Colonna, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, Vasilis Vlachoudis, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, J. Perkowski, J. Marganiec, R. Cardella, O. Aberle, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, A. Pavlik, M. Bacak, C. Domingo-Pardo, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, J. I. Porras, T. Glodariu, Roberto Losito, A. Stamatopoulos, M. Kokkoris, J. Andrzejewski, Ralf Nolte, G. Cortes, P. J. Woods, Mario Barbagallo, V. Khryachkov, P. M. Milazzo, K. Rajeev, E. Griesmayer, J. Billowes, S. Warren, L. A. Damone, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, Hideo Harada, V. Variale, Francesca Matteucci, M. Krtička, Arnd R. Junghans, D. Macina, P. Vaz, Carlos Guerrero, T. Martinez, Mario Weigand, A. Casanovas, D. Cano-Ott, M. Diakaki, M. Mastromarco, Y. H. Chen, S. J. Lonsdale, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, P. C. Rout, K. Göbel, F. Cerutti, Anton Wallner, F. Mingrone, J. Balibrea, M. Dietz, F. Bečvář, F. Gunsing, C. Wolf, E. Mendoza, A. Goverdovski, S. Heinitz, Peter Schillebeeckx, Cristian Massimi, S. Barros, E. Jericha, Paolo Finocchiaro, Dorothea Schumann, P. Ferreira, Tatsuya Katabuchi, A. Ventura, J. A. Ryan, J. Lerendegui-Marco, P. V. Sedyshev, I. F. Gonçalves, E. Dupont, J. L. Tain, Niko Kivel, C. Rubbia, A. Gawlik, V. Furman, Klaus Eberhardt, T. J. Wright, Petar Žugec, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, and A. Musumarra
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear fuel, Fissile material, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, chemistry.chemical_element, Uranium, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Spent nuclear fuel, Neutron temperature, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, chemistry, 13. Climate action, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, 010306 general physics, MOX fuel
Abstract: The spent fuel of current nuclear reactors contains fissile plutonium isotopes that can be combined with uranium to make mixed oxide (MOX) fuel. In this way the Pu from spent fuel is used in a new reactor cycle, contributing to the long-term sustainability of nuclear energy. However, an extensive use of MOX fuels, in particular in fast reactors, requires more accurate capture and fission cross sections for some Pu isotopes. In the case of Pu242 there are sizable discrepancies among the existing capture cross-section measurements included in the evaluations (all from the 1970s) resulting in an uncertainty as high as 35% in the fast energy region. Moreover, postirradiation experiments evaluated with JEFF-3.1 indicate an overestimation of 14% in the capture cross section in the fast neutron energy region. In this context, the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) requested an accuracy of 8% in this cross section in the energy region between 500 meV and 500 keV. This paper presents a new time-of-flight capture measurement on Pu242 carried out at n-TOF-EAR1 (CERN), focusing on the analysis and statistical properties of the resonance region, below 4 keV. The Pu242(n,γ) reaction on a sample containing 95(4) mg enriched to 99.959% was measured with an array of four C6D6 detectors and applying the total energy detection technique. The high neutron energy resolution of n-TOF-EAR1 and the good statistics accumulated have allowed us to extend the resonance analysis up to 4 keV, obtaining new individual and average resonance parameters from a capture cross section featuring a systematic uncertainty of 5%, fulfilling the request of the NEA.
Published: 2018

21. The 33S(n,α)30Si cross section measurement at n TOF-EAR2 (CERN): From 0.01 eV to the resonance region

Author: A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, P. Kavrigin, R. Cardella, G. Tagliente, E. Mendoza, Ralf Nolte, E. Griesmayer, V. Bécares, F. Bečvář, C. Wolf, L. A. Damone, A. Casanovas, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Hideo Harada, S. Heinitz, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, M. Diakaki, P. Vaz, C. Rubbia, G. Cortes, L. Cosentino, Alberto Ventura, A. Gawlik, Peter Schillebeeckx, P. C. Rout, F. Cerutti, I. Duran, Ignacio Porras, Thomas Rauscher, A. Oprea, C. Lederer, A. Kimura, N. Patronis, A. K. Saxena, S. Valenta, Arnaud Ferrari, A. García-Rios, Rene Reifarth, F. Gunsing, Marco Calviani, P. M. Milazzo, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, M. Mastromarco, Stefan Schmidt, J. Billowes, S. Montesano, V. Khryachkov, A. G. Smith, J. L. Tain, K. Rajeev, D. Cano-Ott, J. Balibrea-Correa, M. Bacak, Philip Woods, Mario Barbagallo, Anton Wallner, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, M. Kokkoris, Francesca Matteucci, E. Jericha, A. Stamatopoulos, M. Krtička, Paolo Finocchiaro, K. Gödel, G. Vannini, S. Warren, J. Lerendegui-Marco, Dorothea Schumann, J. A. Ryan, Niko Kivel, A. Goverdovski, C. Weiss, V. Variale, Cristian Massimi, T. Glodariu, F. Mingrone, Roberto Losito, Damir Bosnar, J. Andrzejewski, Y. Kadi, Rugard Dressler, I. F. Gonçalves, A. Tsinganis, A. Musumarra, M. Mirea, M. Camaño, T. Martinez, Nicola Colonna, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, Tanja Heftrich, J. Perkowski, Vasilis Vlachoudis, A. Riego-Perez, Tatsuya Katabuchi, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, O. Aberle, S. Barros, M. Brugger, J. Marganiec, S. J. Lonsdale, D. G. Jenkins, C. Beinrucker, A. Mengoni, V. Ketlerov, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, Y. H. Chen, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, Petar Žugec, E. González, E. Dupont, D. M. Castelluccio, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, Jan Heyse, P. V. Sedyshev, Pedro G. Ferreira, Mario Weigand, L. Audouin, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Mengoni, A., Lo Meo, S., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Praena, J., Porras, I., Quesada, J.M., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea-Correa, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Camaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Gödel, K., García-Rios, A., Gawlik, A., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S.J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E.A., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Rout, P., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., and Ž Ugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, nTOF, Neutron therapy, QC1-999, chemistry.chemical_element, Neutron, 01 natural sciences, Resonance (particle physics), Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), Physics and Astronomy (all), 0103 physical sciences, CERN, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, Boron, Physics, Neutrons, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Range (particle radiation), Large Hadron Collider, cross section, Reaccions nuclears, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Neutron capture, chemistry, Nuclear reactions
Abstract: The 33S(n,α)30Si cross section measurement, using 10B(n,α) as reference, at the n TOF Experimental Area 2 (EAR2) facility at CERN is presented. Data from 0.01 eV to 100 keV are provided and, for the first time, the cross section is measured in the range from 0.01 eV to 10 keV. These data may be used for a future evaluation of the cross section because present evaluations exhibit large discrepancies. The 33S(n,α)30Si reaction is of interest in medical physics because of its possible use as a cooperative target to boron in Neutron Capture Therapy (NCT)., This work has been partially supported by the projects of Junta de Andalucía (P07-FQM-02894, FQM-220, P11-FQM-8229), Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (FPA2011-28770-C03-02), CEI-Biotic Granada (P-BS-64), Mineco (FPA2013-47327-C2- 1-R, FPA2014-53290-C2-2-P, FIS2015-69941-C2-1-P) and the funding agencies of the participating institutes.
Published: 2017
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22. High-accuracy determination of the neutron flux in the new experimental area n_TOF-EAR2 at CERN

Author: D. Cano-Ott, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, G. Vannini, Y. H. Chen, F. Bečvář, M. Caamaño, G. Tagliente, C. Wolf, M. Licata, Peter Schillebeeckx, J. Billowes, V. Bécares, O. Aberle, A. Villacorta, R. J. W. Frost, M. S. Robles, F. Belloni, J. Andrzejewski, M. Bacak, D. G. Jenkins, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, V. Ketlerov, E. Jericha, R. Baccomi, F. R. Palomo-Pinto, E. González, F. Cerutti, M. Diakaki, Paolo Finocchiaro, K. Rajeev, Dorothea Schumann, Francesca Matteucci, Luigi Cosentino, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, C. Weiss, J. I. Porras, T. Glodariu, Roberto Losito, J. A. Ryan, B. Fernández-Domínguez, A. R. García, F. Käppeler, A. Oprea, Y. Kadi, C. Rubbia, M. Brugger, J. Lerendegui-Marco, N. Patronis, C. Beinrucker, A. K. Saxena, R. Cardella, Hideo Harada, M. Mastromarco, I. F. Gonçalves, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Arnaud Ferrari, V. Khryachkov, A. Gawlik, Anton Wallner, Thomas Rauscher, Rugard Dressler, P. M. Milazzo, J. L. Tain, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, J. Balibrea, Niko Kivel, P. Kavrigin, A. Tsinganis, Ralf Nolte, A. Casanovas, M. Piscopo, Nicola Colonna, E. Griesmayer, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, M. Krtička, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Tatsuya Katabuchi, S. Valenta, Alberto Mengoni, T. Martinez, Marco Calviani, T. Papaevangelou, M. Kokkoris, S. Barros, A. G. Smith, I. Duran, Philip Woods, A. Hernández-Prieto, L. A. Damone, Rene Reifarth, J. Marganiec, Stefan Schmidt, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, E. Chiaveri, G. Cortés, P. F. Mastinu, S. Warren, V. Variale, P. V. Sedyshev, A. Musumarra, K. Deo, D. M. Castelluccio, Tanja Heftrich, A. Riego-Perez, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, C. Paradela, S. Heinitz, L. Audouin, Kathrin Göbel, Jan Heyse, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, E. Mendoza, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, Petar Žugec, A. Kimura, Mario Barbagallo, S. V. Suryanarayana, A. Goverdovski, M. Mirea, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, J. Perkowski, Pedro G. Ferreira, Mario Weigand, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, E. Dupont, Ioana Gheorghe, S. Montesano, A. Stamatopoulos, P. C. Rout, F. Mingrone, C. Lederer, D. Bosnar, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Gunsing, F., Žugec, P., Vlachoudis, V., Chen, Y. H., Stamatopoulos, A., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Villacorta, A., Guerrero, C., Damone, L., Audouin, L., Berthoumieux, E., Cosentino, L., Diakaki, M., Finocchiaro, P., Musumarra, A., Papaevangelou, T., Piscopo, M., Tassan-Got, L., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Baccomi, R., Balibrea, J., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Belloni, F., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D. M., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Cortés, G., Deo, K., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Frost, R. J. W., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A. R., Gawlik, A., Gheorghe, I., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I. F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Licata, M., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S. J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E. A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Palomo-Pinto, F. R., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, J. I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M. S., Rout, P. C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J. A., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G., Suryanarayana, S. V., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Wolf, C., Woods, P. J., Weiss, C., Wright, T., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flux, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, n-tof, Neutron flux, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Spallation, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, n_TOF, EAR2, neutron flux measurement, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Neutron radiation, Neutron temperature, Radiation flux, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Beam (structure)
Abstract: A new high flux experimental area has recently become operational at the n_TOF facility at CERN. This new measuring station, n_TOF-EAR2, is placed at the end of a vertical beam line at a distance of approximately 20m from the spallation target. The characterization of the neutron beam, in terms of flux, spatial profile and resolution function, is of crucial importance for the feasibility study and data analysis of all measurements to be performed in the new area. In this paper, the measurement of the neutron flux, performed with different solid-state and gaseous detection systems, and using three neutron-converting reactions considered standard in different energy regions is reported. The results of the various measurements have been combined, yielding an evaluated neutron energy distribution in a wide energy range, from 2meV to 100MeV, with an accuracy ranging from 2%, at low energy, to 6% in the high-energy region. In addition, an absolute normalization of the n_TOF-EAR2 neutron flux has been obtained by means of an activation measurement performed with 197Au foils in the beam. © 2017, SIF, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.
Published: 2017

23. Measurement of the 241Am neutron capture cross section at the n-TOF facility at CERN

Author: C. Carrapiço, Tanja Heftrich, Rene Reifarth, I. Duran, M. S. Robles, A. Mengoni, M. P. W. Chin, V. Ketlerov, F. Roman, Javier Praena, E. Leal-Cidoncha, M. Mastromarco, Anton Wallner, Srinivasan Ganesan, J. Balibrea, Mario Barbagallo, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, C. Paradela, L. Audouin, A. Riego-Perez, M. Diakaki, D. Cano-Ott, P. Gurusamy, E. González, F. Käppeler, Jeri Kroll, C. Eleftheriadis, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, C. Domingo-Pardo, G. Vannini, Stefan Schmidt, A. Goverdovski, Vittorio Boccone, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Iris Dillmann, A. Hernández-Prieto, A. K. Saxena, Arnaud Ferrari, A. R. García, M. Brugger, L. S. Leong, Jan Heyse, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, A. Manousos, Mario Weigand, J. Billowes, G. Tagliente, F. Cerutti, F. Gunsing, M. Krtička, Tatsuya Katabuchi, P. E. Koehler, M. Fernandez-Ordonez, Cristian Massimi, P. V. Sedyshev, M. Licata, G. Giubrone, A. J. M. Plompen, F. Bečvář, T. Martinez, V. Khryachkov, Roberto Losito, T. Ware, P. M. Milazzo, F. Gramegna, M. Kokkoris, C. Weiss, E. Griesmayer, G. Cortes, E. Mendoza, D. Tarrío, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, M. Mirea, Peter Schillebeeckx, Carlos Guerrero, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, N. Dzysiuk, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, E. Chiaveri, S. Heinitz, F. Calviño, P. F. Mastinu, H. Leeb, J. Perkowski, C. Rubbia, V. Bécares, Petar Žugec, K. Fraval, S. Altstadt, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, Christoph Langer, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, A. Tsinganis, J. L. Tain, Nicola Colonna, E. Jericha, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, Dorothea Schumann, J. A. Ryan, R. Sarmento, R. Vlastou, J. Lerendegui-Marco, P. Vaz, E. Berthoumieux, Alberto Ventura, I. F. Gonçalves, D. G. Jenkins, Fabio Belloni, W. Mondelaers, V. Variale, Roberto Versaci, C. Lederer, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, M. J. Vermeulen, B. Berthier, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), n_TOF, Mengoni, A., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D., Altstadt, S., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Balibrea, J., Bécares, V., Barbagallo, M., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthier, B., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Diakaki, M., Dillmann, I., Domingo-Pardo, C., Durán, I., Dzysiuk, N., Eleftheriadis, C., Fernández-Ordóñez, M., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Furman, V., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Gramegna, F., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Karadimos, D., Katabuchi, T., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Kroll, J., Krtička, M., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L.S., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Licata, M., Losito, R., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A.J.M., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vermeulen, M.J., Versaci, R., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wright, T., and Ž Ugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, Nuclear transmutation, nTOF, QC1-999, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Cross section (physics), Nuclear reactors, Reactors nuclears, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Neutron cross section, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), Physics, Neutrons, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Large Hadron Collider, Cross section, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Calorimeter
Abstract: New neutron cross section measurements of minor actinides have been performed recently in order to reduce the uncertainties in the evaluated data, which is important for the design of advanced nuclear reactors and, in particular, for determining their performance in the transmutation of nuclear waste. We have measured the 241 Am(n,γ) cross section at the n TOF facility between 0.2 eV and 10 keV with a BaF2 Total Absorption Calorimeter, and the analysis of the measurement has been recently concluded. Our results are in reasonable agreement below 20 eV with the ones published by C. Lampoudis et al. in 2013, who reported a 22% larger capture cross section up to 110 eV compared to experimental and evaluated data published before. Our results also indicate that the 241 Am(n,γ) cross section is underestimated in the present evaluated libraries between 20 eV and 2 keV by 25%, on average, and up to 35% for certain evaluations and energy ranges. Plan Nacional I+D+I FPA2014-53290-C2-1 Comisión Europea, ANDES FP7- 249671 Comisión Europea, CHANDA FP7-605203
Published: 2017

24. Measurement of the neutron capture cross section of the fissile isotope 235U with the CERN n-TOF total absorption calorimeter and a fission tagging based on micromegas detectors

Author: E. Jericha, Dorothea Schumann, J. A. Ryan, C. Paradela, G. Cortes, M. Mastromarco, V. Khryachkov, Rugard Dressler, P. M. Milazzo, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, D. Tarrío, Rene Reifarth, A. Goverdovski, L. Audouin, C. Rubbia, J. Balibrea-Correa, A. Tsinganis, M. S. Robles, Nicola Colonna, Anton Wallner, Stefan Schmidt, Javier Praena, P. V. Sedyshev, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Jeri Kroll, S. Altstadt, G. Tagliente, P. E. Koehler, Srinivasan Ganesan, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, Christoph Langer, K. Fraval, Petar Žugec, Mario Weigand, M. Diakaki, A. Mallick, J. M. Quesada, D. Cano-Ott, V. Bécares, G. Vannini, L. Tassan-Got, E. Mendoza, A. J. M. Plompen, G. Giubrone, C. Carrapiço, L. S. Leong, Mario Barbagallo, Carlos Guerrero, M. Krtička, A. Manousos, J. L. Tain, S. Heinitz, C. Weiss, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, V. Boccone, F. Bečvář, F. Cerutti, Niko Kivel, I. Duran, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, C. Lederer, C. Lampoudis, Roberto Losito, M. Licata, T. Martinez, A. Pavlik, Peter Schillebeeckx, C. Domingo-Pardo, Kathrin Göbel, J. Marganiec, M. Mirea, J. Lerendegui-Marco, Tatsuya Katabuchi, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, F. Käppeler, Jan Heyse, R. Sarmento, D. G. Jenkins, P. Vaz, R. Vlastou, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, A. Hernández-Prieto, Alberto Ventura, E. Berthoumieux, J. Perkowski, F. Gunsing, I. F. Gonçalves, Cristian Massimi, W. Mondelaers, E. González, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, V. Variale, Tanja Heftrich, A. Riego-Perez, Fabio Belloni, M. Kokkoris, A. K. Saxena, Arnaud Ferrari, J. Billowes, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, M. J. Vermeulen, E. Leal-Cidoncha, C. Eleftheriadis, Damir Bosnar, Thomas Rauscher, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, T. Ware, E. Griesmayer, A. R. García, M. Brugger, A. Mengoni, M. P. W. Chin, V. Ketlerov, Mengoni, A., Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, n_TOF, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Balibrea-Correa, J., Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D., Krtička, M., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Barbagallo, M., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Durán, I., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Furman, V., Göbel, K., Guerrero, C., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Gunsing, F., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Karadimos, D., Katabuchi, T., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kivel, N., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Kroll, J., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L.S., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Licata, M., Losito, R., Mallick, A., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A.J.M., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vermeulen, M.J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wright, T., Žugec, P., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, nTOF, Fission, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, QC1-999, Nuclear Theory, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Neutron cross section, ddc:530, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Neutrons, Radioisotopes, Isòtops radioactius, Calorimeter (particle physics), Fissile material, cross section, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear data, MicroMegas detector
Abstract: The accuracy on neutron capture cross section of fissile isotopes must be improved for the design of future nuclear systems such as Gen-IV reactors and Accelerator Driven Systems. The High Priority Request List of the Nuclear Energy Agency, which lists the most important nuclear data requirements, includes also the neutron capture cross sections of fissile isotopes such as 233,235U and 239,241Pu. A specific experimental setup has been used at the CERN n TOF facility for the measurement of the neutron capture cross section of 235U by a set of micromegas fission detectors placed inside a segmented BaF2 Total Absorption Calorimeter. Plan Nacional de I+D+I Física de particulas FPA2014-53290-C2-1
Published: 2017

25. Characterization of the n-TOF EAR-2 neutron beam

Author: M. Sabaté-Gilarte, Enrique Casarejos, F. Gunsing, A. Musumarra, Cristian Massimi, A. Pavlik, P. Ferreira, C. Domingo-Pardo, P. M. Milazzo, N. Kivel, M. Krtička, R. Nolte, G. Tagliente, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, P. C. Rout, M. Caamaño, F. Cerutti, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Cardella, T. Martinez, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, K. Göbel, C. Lederer, G. Vannini, S. Warren, A. Kimura, Tatsuya Katabuchi, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Tanja Heftrich, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, Mario Weigand, V. Variale, J. Marganiec, O. Aberle, T. Wright, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, D. Macina, J. L. Tain, Carlo Rubbia, E. González, V. Vlachoudis, S. Barros, A. Gawlik, M. Kokkoris, J. I. Porras, Thomas Rauscher, Rene Reifarth, D. M. Castelluccio, A. Riego-Perez, J. Lerendegui-Marco, Stefan Schmidt, Mario Barbagallo, P. F. Mastinu, V. Khryachkov, M. Mirea, D. Schumann, P. Vaz, L. Cosentino, J. M. Quesada, C. Le Naour, L. Tassan-Got, Alberto Ventura, I. F. Gonçalves, M. Bacak, D. G. Jenkins, F. Käppeler, E. Mendoza, V. Bécares, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, A. Oprea, G. Cortes, A. Casanovas, J. Perkowski, S. Montesano, Y. H. Chen, J. Heyse, A. R. García, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, B. Fernández-Domínguez, S. Heinitz, N. Patronis, Carlos Guerrero, M. Brugger, I. Duran, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, A. Stamatopoulos, C. Beinrucker, A. Saxena, E. Jericha, C. Wolf, A. G. Smith, Roberto Losito, T. Glodariu, Paolo Finocchiaro, K. Rajeev, Philip Woods, Alberto Mengoni, J. A. Ryan, P. Schillebeeckx, Francesca Matteucci, V. Ketlerov, C. Weiss, R. Vlastou, A. Goverdovski, R. Dressler, A. Tsinganis, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, P. Kavrigin, P. V. Sedyshev, F. Bečvář, Nicola Colonna, Hideo Harada, E. Dupont, J. Billowes, E. Griesmayer, M. Mastromarco, L. A. Damone, M. S. Robles, Anton Wallner, E. A. Maugeri, J. Balibrea, L. Audouin, M. Diakaki, E. Berthoumieux, V. Furman, Petar Žugec, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, n_TOF, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. NEMEN - Nanoenginyeria de materials aplicats a l'energia, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Gobierno de España, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Chen, Y.H., Tassan-Got, L., Audouin, L., Le Naour, C., Durán, I., Casarejos, E., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., García, A.R., Gawlik, A., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S.J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E.A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, J.I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Rout, P.C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Ugec, P., and Lo Meo, S.
Subjects: nTOF, QC1-999, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph], Neutron, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), CERN, 0103 physical sciences, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, Neutrons, Physics, Flux, Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Beam, Neutron radiation, Accelerators and Storage Rings, Parallel plate, Characterization (materials science), Beam (structure)
Abstract: The experimental area 2 (EAR-2) at CERNs neutron time-of-flight facility (n TOF), which is operational since 2014, is designed and built as a short-distance complement to the experimental area 1 (EAR-1). The Parallel Plate Avalanche Counter (PPAC) monitor experiment was performed to characterize the beam profile and the shape of the neutron flux at EAR-2. The prompt γ-flash which is used for calibrating the time-of-flight at EAR-1 is not seen by PPAC at EAR-2, shedding light on the physical origin of this γ-flash., The USC group contribution has been partly supported by Spanish grant FPA2013-46236-P.
Published: 2017
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26. 7Be(n,α) and 7Be(n,p) cross-section measurement for the cosmological lithium problem at the n-TOF facility at CERN

Author: M. Mirea, J. Marganiec, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, V. Bécares, J. Perkowski, Petar Žugec, P. F. Mastinu, A. Musumarra, D. G. Jenkins, Tanja Heftrich, F. Gunsing, P. Vaz, V. Furman, Y. H. Chen, Tatsuya Katabuchi, A. Riego-Perez, L. Cosentino, Cristian Massimi, S. Heinitz, A. Casanovas, E. A. Maugeri, Alberto Ventura, A. Saxena, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, S. Barros, G. Vannini, C. Wolf, J. Lerendegui-Marco, O. Aberle, F. Käppeler, A. Tsinganis, E. Berthoumieux, M. Krtička, I. F. Gonçalves, A. Kimura, Alfredo Ferrari, Mario Weigand, J. Billowes, N. Kivel, T. Martinez, Nicola Colonna, E. Dupont, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, A. Stamatopoulos, E. Chiaveri, G. Cortes, D. Cano-Ott, Rene Reifarth, V. Khryachkov, E. González, Alberto Mengoni, P. Ferreira, Stefan Schmidt, Mario Barbagallo, D. Schumann, J. I. Porras, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, F. Bečvář, R. Cardella, A. Pavlik, G. Tagliente, C. Domingo-Pardo, K. Rajeev, B. Fernández-Domínguez, Francesca Matteucci, E. Jericha, T. Glodariu, Paolo Finocchiaro, J. L. Tain, P. Schillebeeckx, M. Bacak, J. A. Ryan, M. Caamaño, M. Diakaki, F. Cerutti, Roberto Losito, P. V. Sedyshev, L. Audouin, A. Oprea, J. Heyse, Hideo Harada, D. M. Castelluccio, M. Mastromarco, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, Carlos Guerrero, Anton Wallner, S. Montesano, J. Balibrea, S. Warren, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, V. Variale, R. Nolte, A. Goverdovski, E. Leal-Cidoncha, A. Gawlik, Thomas Rauscher, P. C. Rout, C. Lederer, S. Valenta, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, Marco Calviani, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, A. G. Smith, V. Ketlerov, Philip Woods, P. M. Milazzo, C. Weiss, R. Vlastou, A. R. García, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, M. Brugger, K. Göbel, C. Beinrucker, T. Wright, M. Kokkoris, N. Patronis, I. Duran, R. Dressler, P. Kavrigin, E. Griesmayer, L. A. Damone, E. Mendoza, D. Macina, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Mengoni, A., Lo Meo, S., Castelluccio, D. M., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. NEMEN - Nanoenginyeria de materials aplicats a l'energia, Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A.R., Gawlik, A., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S.J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E.A., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, J.I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Rout, P.C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., and Ugec, P.
Subjects: Astrofísica, nTOF, QC1-999, chemistry.chemical_element, Neutron, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Big Bang nucleosynthesis, Nucleosynthesis, CERN, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear astrophysics, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Physics, Alpha, Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Stars, chemistry, Lithium, Halo, Nucleosíntesi
Abstract: One of the most puzzling problems in Nuclear Astrophysics is the “Cosmological Lithium Problem”, i.e the discrepancy between the primordial abundance of $^{7}$Li observed in metal poor halo stars (Asplund et al. in Astrophys J 644:229–259, 2006, [1]), and the one predicted by Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN). One of the reactions that could have an impact on the problem is $^{7}$Be(n,p)$^{7}$Li. Despite of the importance of this reaction in BBN, the cross-section has never been directly measured at the energies of interest for BBN. Taking advantage of the innovative features of the second experimental area at the n$\_$TOF facility at CERN (Sabate-Gilarte et al. in Eur Phys J A 53:210, 2017, [2]; Weiss et al. in NIMA 799:90, 2015, [3]), an accurate measurement of $^{7}$Be(n,p) cross section has been recently performed at n$\_$TOF, with a pure $^{7}$Be target produced by implantation of a $^{7}$Be beam at ISOLDE. The mesurement started in April 2016 and lasted for two months. The experimental procedure, the setup used in the measurement and the results obtained so far will be here presented.
Published: 2017

27. Nuclear data activities at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: Rene Reifarth, Stefan Schmidt, D. Radeck, J. M. Quesada, E. Berthoumieux, A. R. García, S. Montesano, P. Vaz, Rugard Dressler, I. Porras, G. Vannini, M. Brugger, P. C. Rout, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, A. Casanovas, A. Goverdovski, M. Caamaño, Alberto Ventura, C. Rubbia, C. Lederer, C. Beinrucker, M. Kokkoris, J. Balibrea-Correa, A. Tsinganis, F. Gunsing, M. Licata, M. Krtička, Nicola Colonna, Cristian Massimi, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, Tatsuya Katabuchi, A. Oprea, G. Cortes, D. Tarrío, Annamaria Mazzone, Petar Žugec, K. Deo, T. Martinez, V. Ketlerov, S. Warren, S. Barros, A. Kimura, D. Cano-Ott, Srinivasan Ganesan, K. Rajeev, J. Marganiec, J. L. Tain, V. Variale, R. J. W. Frost, V. Khryachkov, Francesca Matteucci, D. G. Jenkins, P. Kavrigin, M. Mirea, E. Mendoza, N. Patronis, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Niko Kivel, E. Chiaveri, Laurent Tassan-Got, F. R. Palomo-Pinto, E. Jericha, Hideo Harada, A. Pavlik, Ralf Nolte, Kathrin Göbel, C. Domingo-Pardo, A. K. Saxena, Arnaud Ferrari, A. Hernández-Prieto, P. F. Mastinu, J. Billowes, Mario Barbagallo, A. Gawlik, E. Griesmayer, Thomas Rauscher, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, L. A. Damone, Paolo Finocchiaro, Dorothea Schumann, J. A. Ryan, M. Mastromarco, S. Heinitz, Jan Heyse, M. S. Robles, A. Stamatopoulos, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, Anton Wallner, I. F. Gonçalves, J. Perkowski, C. Paradela, M. Bacak, Y. H. Chen, M. Diakaki, Ioana Gheorghe, V. Bécares, E. González, I. Duran, Alberto Mengoni, T. Glodariu, Alessandro Masi, Roberto Losito, O. Aberle, P. M. Milazzo, Fabio Belloni, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, F. Bečvář, Pedro G. Ferreira, Mario Weigand, C. Wolf, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, Peter Schillebeeckx, Saraswatula Venkata Suryanarayana, J. Lerendegui, E. Dupont, Luigi Cosentino, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, R. Cardella, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, V. Vlachoudis, L. Audouin, A. Musumarra, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, Tanja Heftrich, A. Riego-Perez, A. G. Smith, F. Cerutti, P. V. Sedyshev, D. M. Castelluccio, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, G. Tagliente, C. Weiss, R. Vlastou, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, Philip Woods, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Mengoni, A., Lo Meo, S., Castelluccio, D. M., Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), n_TOF Collaboration, The n_TOF Collaboration, Null, Gunsing, F., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea-Correa, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cortés, G., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Deo, K., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Frost, R.J.W., Furman, V., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Gawlik, A., Gheorghe, I., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Göbel, K., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui, J., Licata, M., Lonsdale, S.J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E.A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Palomo-Pinto, F.R., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Rout, P., Radeck, D., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Stamatopoulos, A., Suryanarayana, S.V., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Žugec, P., and Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, U-235, Nuclear transmutation, nTOF, CAPTURE CROSS-SECTION, Nuclear data, TOTAL ABSORPTION CALORIMETER, General Physics and Astronomy, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], COLLABORATION, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, PHYSICS, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), neutron, DESIGN, Radiation dosimetry, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, n_TOF, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Neutron, 010306 general physics, nuclear data, n_TOF, CERN, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, FRAGMENT ANGULAR-DISTRIBUTION, Large Hadron Collider, ntof, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, cern, Experimental data, Radioactive waste, nuclear data, NATURAL SCIENCES. Physics, Radiació--Dosimetria, PRIRODNE ZNANOSTI. Fizika, Nuclear technology, CAPTURE CROSS-SECTION, TOTAL ABSORPTION CALORIMETER, FRAGMENT ANGULAR-DISTRIBUTION, NEUTRON, TH-232, U-235, C6D6, COLLABORATION, PHYSICS, DESIGN, NEUTRON, TH-232, C6D6
Abstract: International audience; Nuclear data in general, and neutron-induced reaction cross sections in particular, are important for a wide variety of research fields. They play a key role in the safety and criticality assessment of nuclear technology, not only for existing power reactors but also for radiation dosimetry, medical applications, the transmutation of nuclear waste, accelerator-driven systems, fuel cycle investigations and future reactor systems as in Generation IV. Applications of nuclear data are also related to research fields as the study of nuclear level densities and stellar nucleosynthesis. Simulations and calculations of nuclear technology applications largely rely on evaluated nuclear data libraries. The evaluations in these libraries are based both on experimental data and theoretical models. Experimental nuclear reaction data are compiled on a worldwide basis by the international network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC) in the EXFOR database. The EXFOR database forms an important link between nuclear data measurements and the evaluated data libraries. CERN's neutron time-of-flight facility n TOF has produced a considerable amount of experimental data since it has become fully operational with the start of the scientific measurement programme in 2001. While for a long period a single measurement station (EAR1) located at 185 m from the neutron production target was available, the construction of a second beam line at 20 m (EAR2) in 2014 has substantially increased the measurement capabilities of the facility. An outline of the experimental nuclear data activities at CERN's neutron time-of-flight facility n TOF will be presented.
Published: 2016

28. Neutron-induced fission cross section of U-234 measured at the CERN n_TOF facility

Author: D. Karadimos, R. Vlastou, K. Ioannidis, P. Demetriou, M. Diakaki, V. Vlachoudis, P. Pavlopoulos, V. Konovalov, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Alvarez, F. Alvarez Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becvar, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calvino, D. Cano Ott, R. Capote, A. C. de, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, S. David, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo Pardo, A. Dorochenko, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira Marques, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais Koelbl, K. Fuji, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, R. Gallino, P. Cennini, E. Gonzalez Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera Martinez, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Kaeppeler, D. Karamanis, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, D. Kolokolov, M. Krticka, C. Lamboudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marques, S. Marrone, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, M. Oshima, J. Pancin, C. Papadopoulos, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, L. Perrot, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, M. Sedysheva, K. Stamoulis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, A. Tsinganis, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, F. Voss, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, VANNINI, GIANNI, D. Karadimo, R. Vlastou, K. Ioannidi, P. Demetriou, M. Diakaki, V. Vlachoudi, P. Pavlopoulo, V. Konovalov, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Alvarez, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becvar, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calvino, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, A. C. de, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, S. David, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo-Pardo, A. Dorochenko, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadi, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais-Koelbl, K. Fuji, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, R. Gallino, P. Cennini, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Kaeppeler, D. Karamani, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, D. Kolokolov, M. Krticka, C. Lamboudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marque, S. Marrone, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, M. Oshima, J. Pancin, C. Papadopoulo, C. Paradela, N. Patroni, A. Pavlik, L. Perrot, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Pluki, A. Poch, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidi, M. Sedysheva, K. Stamouli, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, A. Tsingani, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, F. Vo, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, and K. Wisshak
Subjects: MINOR ACTINIDES TRANSMUTATIONS, Nuclear Experiment, NEUTRON TIME OF FLIGHT, NEUTRON INDUCED FISSION
Abstract: The neutron-induced fission cross section of U234 has been measured at the CERN n_TOF facility relative to the standard fission cross section of U235 from 20 keV to 1.4 MeV and of U238 from 1.4 to 200 MeV. A fast ionization chamber (FIC) was used as a fission fragment detector with a detection efficiency of no less than 97%. The high instantaneous flux and the low background characterizing the n_TOF facility resulted in wide-energy-range data (0.02 to 200 MeV), with high energy resolution, high statistics, and systematic uncertainties bellow 3%. Previous investigations around the energy of the fission threshold revealed structures attributed to β-vibrational levels, which have been confirmed by the present measurements. Theoretical calculations have been performed, employing the talys code with model parameters tuned to fairly reproduce the experimental data.
Published: 2014

29. Measurement and analysis of the Am-243 neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: E. Mendoza, D. Cano Ott, C. Guerrero, E. Berthoumieux, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, F. Alvarez Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, J. Balibrea, P. Baumann, F. Becvar, F. Belloni, F. Calvino, M. Calviani, R. Capote, C. Carrapico, A. C. de, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira Marques, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais Koelbl, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, E. Gonzalez Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera Martinez, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, F. Kaeppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, V. Ketlerov, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionides, M. Krticka, C. Lampoudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, S. L. Meo, I. Lopes, R. Lossito, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marques, S. Marrone, T. Martinez, MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, M. Oshima, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulos, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Perrot, M. T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, VANNINI, GIANNI, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vicente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, E. Mendoza, D. Cano-Ott, C. Guerrero, E. Berthoumieux, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, J. Balibrea, P. Baumann, F. Becvar, F. Belloni, F. Calvino, M. Calviani, R. Capote, C. Carrapico, A. C. de, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfor, S. David, I. Dillmann, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadi, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais-Koelbl, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, F. Gunsing, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, F. Kaeppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimo, D. Karamani, V. Ketlerov, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionide, M. Krticka, C. Lampoudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, S. L. Meo, I. Lope, R. Lossito, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marque, S. Marrone, T. Martinez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, M. Oshima, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulo, C. Paradela, N. Patroni, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, L. Perrot, M. T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Pluki, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, C. Santo, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidi, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vicente, V. Vlachoudi, R. Vlastou, F. Vo, S. Walter, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, and K. Wisshak
Subjects: RADIATIVE NEUTRON CAPTURE, NEUTRON TIME OF FLIGHT
Abstract: Background: The design of new nuclear reactors and transmutation devices requires to reduce the present neutron cross section uncertainties of minor actinides. Purpose: Improvement of the Am243(n,γ) cross section uncertainty. Method: The Am243(n,γ) cross section has been measured at the n-TOF facility at CERN with a BaF2 total absorption calorimeter, in the energy range between 0.7 eV and 2.5 keV. Results: The Am243(n,γ) cross section has been successfully measured in the mentioned energy range. The resolved resonance region has been extended from 250 eV up to 400 eV. In the unresolved resonance region our results are compatible with one of the two incompatible capture data sets available below 2.5 keV. The data available in EXFOR and in the literature have been used to perform a simple analysis above 2.5 keV. Conclusions: The results of this measurement contribute to reduce the Am243(n,γ) cross section uncertainty and suggest that this cross section is underestimated up to 25% in the neutron energy range between 50 eV and a few keV in the present evaluated data libraries. Background: The design of new nuclear reactors and transmutation devices requires to reduce the present neutron cross section uncertainties of minor actinides. Purpose: Improvement of the Am243(n,γ) cross section uncertainty. Method: The Am243(n,γ) cross section has been measured at the n-TOF facility at CERN with a BaF2 total absorption calorimeter, in the energy range between 0.7 eV and 2.5 keV. Results: The Am243(n,γ) cross section has been successfully measured in the mentioned energy range. The resolved resonance region has been extended from 250 eV up to 400 eV. In the unresolved resonance region our results are compatible with one of the two incompatible capture data sets available below 2.5 keV. The data available in EXFOR and in the literature have been used to perform a simple analysis above 2.5 keV. Conclusions: The results of this measurement contribute to reduce the Am243(n,γ) cross section uncertainty and suggest that this cross section is underestimated up to 25% in the neutron energy range between 50 eV and a few keV in the present evaluated data libraries.
Published: 2014

30. Neutron-induced fission cross section ofNp237in the keV to MeV range at the CERN n_TOF facility

Author: L. Sarchiapone, S. Andriamonje, G. Cortes, J. Marganiec, R. C. Haight, P. E. Koehler, H. Álvarez, Masayuki Igashira, K. Ioannidis, M. Oshima, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, C. Paradela, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, A. Dorochenko, J. Andrzejewski, G. Aerts, J. Cox, A. J. M. Plompen, Isabel Lopes, B. Haas, Matthias Heil, J. Pancin, E. Skordis, L. Audouin, F. Voss, P. Cennini, S. David, Roberto Capote, P.A. Assimakopoulos, Thomas Rauscher, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, A. Tsinganis, Y. Kadi, G. Tagliente, I. Duran, H. Frais-Koelbl, Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, M. Mosconi, P. Pavlopoulos, D. Karadimos, Nicola Colonna, C. Rubbia, M. Kokkoris, Michael Wiescher, V. Konovalov, F. Bečvář, Heinz Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, E. González-Romero, Isabel S. Gonçalves, K. C. Stamoulis, S. Marrone, W. Dridi, I. Savvidis, J. Salgado, D. Cano-Ott, Marco Calviani, M. Diakaki, A. Poch, Vasilis Vlachoudis, A. Lindote, M. Sedysheva, R. Terlizzi, A. Goverdovski, M. Kerveno, Rene Reifarth, E. Griesmayer, V. Ketlerov, A. Plukis, F. Alvarez-Velarde, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, C. Papadopoulos, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, L. Tavora, K. Fuji, Gerald Badurek, F. Käppeler, Paraskevi Demetriou, L. Fitzpatrick, F. Gramegna, Ralf Plag, R. Dolfini, A. Pavlik, J. M. Quesada, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Rosetti, C. Pretel, Manuel Lozano, C. Domingo-Pardo, L. Tassan-Got, M. C. Vincente, D. Villamarin, P. Rullhusen, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, W.I. Furman, L. Perrot, Corrie S. Moreau, R. Ferreira-Marques, S. Lukic, V. Chepel, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, G. Rudolf, L. Marques, P. Vaz, Arnaud Ferrari, Aaron Couture, P. Baumann, Alberto Mengoni, S. Isaev, A. Ventura, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, G. Vannini, R. Gallino, K. Wisshak, D. Karamanis, H. Wendler, D. Kolokolov, H. Leeb, C. Stephan, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, and E. Jericha
Subjects: Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Model parameters, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Homogeneity (physics), Ionization chamber, Neutron cross section, Neutron, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy
Abstract: The neutron-induced fission cross section of Np237 was experimentally determined at the high-resolution and high-intensity facility n-TOF, at CERN, in the energy range 100 keV to 9 MeV, using the U235(n,f) and U238(n,f) cross section standards below and above 2 MeV, respectively. A fast ionization chamber was used in order to detect the fission fragments from the reactions and the targets were characterized as far as their mass and homogeneity are concerned by means of α spectroscopy and Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy respectively. Theoretical calculations within the Hauser-Feshbach formalism have been performed, employing the empire code, and the model parameters were tuned in order to successfully reproduce the experimental fission cross-sectional data and simultaneously all the competing reaction channels.
Published: 2016

31. Towards the high-accuracy determination of the 238U fission cross section at the threshold region at CERN - n_TOF

Author: S. Valenta, N. Colonna, Carlos Guerrero, M. P. W. Chin, P. Zugec, Marco Calviani, V. Ketlerov, F. Roman, C. Le Naour, Masayuki Igashira, V. Bécares, J. Salgado, N. Patronis, K. Fraval, E. Leal-Cidoncha, G. Cortes, C. Eleftheriadis, Roberto Capote, J. Pancin, L. Cosentino, W. Mondelaers, Thomas Rauscher, A. K. Saxena, Arnaud Ferrari, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, Y. Kadi, J. Marganiec, D. Karadimos, S. Andriamonje, W.I. Furman, M. Embid-Segura, J. Billowes, D. Cano-Ott, C. Santos, S. Heinitz, M. Diakaki, B. Berthier, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, E. González-Romero, E. Chiaveri, P. Cennini, Christoph Langer, F. Cerutti, M. Kerveno, L. Sarchiapone, Michael Heil, M. J. Vermeulen, L. Plukis, K. Fujii, G. Giubrone, M. Mosconi, A. R. García, M. Wiesher, I. F. Gonçalves, P. F. Mastinu, V. Variale, Roberto Versaci, W. Dridi, M. Brugger, T. Ware, F. Voss, S. O'Brien, E. Mendoza, E. Jericha, Paolo Finocchiaro, Dorothea Schumann, Diego Tarrio, Rene Reifarth, F. Kaeppeler, Stefan Schmidt, P. Pavlopoulos, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, E. Griesmayer, S. David, Srinivasan Ganesan, R. Terlizzi, P. Baumann, Vittorio Boccone, D. G. Jenkins, J. M. Quesada, Peter Schillebeeckx, L. Tassan-Got, A. Manousos, D. Bosnar, G. Tagliente, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, G. Aerts, P. Gurusamy, Ralf Plag, M. Kokkoris, Alberto Mengoni, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, L. Ferrant, I. Duran, H. Álvarez, J. L. Tain, C. Weiß, V. Konovalov, C. Pretel, Niko Kivel, D. Villamarin, L. Perrot, T. Martinez, C. Rubbia, S. Marrone, S. Altstadt, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, P. M. Milazzo, Aaron Couture, C. Carrapiço, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, G. Vannini, A. Musumarra, Marco T. Pigni, I. Dillmann, D. Karamanis, T. J. Wright, M. C. Vincente, Christoph A. Stephan, S. Isaev, R. C. Haight, C. Paradela, L. Audouin, R. Sarmento, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, M. Mastromarco, L. Tavora, Massimo Barbagallo, Anton Wallner, E. Dupont, A. J. M. Plompen, James L. Cox, Corrie S. Moreau, Jeri Kroll, C. Lederer, Maria Victoria Lozano, A. Riego, S. Walter, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Gerald Badurek, Roberto Losito, F. Gramegna, F. Belloni, F. Gunsing, A. Poch, Cristian Massimi, Rugard Dressler, K. Wisshak, Mario Weigand, F. Becvar, M. Mirea, A. Tsinganis, H. Leeb, J. Perkowski, L.S. Leong, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Serot, O., Diakaki, M., Audouin, L., Berthoumieux, E., Calviani, M., Colonna, N., Dupont, E., Duran, I., Gunsing, F., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Le Naour, C., Leong, L.S., Mastromarco, M., Paradela, C., Tarrio, D., Tassan-Got, L., Aerts, G., Altstadt, S., Alvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Badurek, G., Barbagallo, M., Baumann, P., Becares, V., Becvar, F., Belloni, F., Berthier, B., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calvino, F., Cano-Ott, D., Capote, R., Carrapiço, C., Cennini, P., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Cortes, G., Cortes-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Couture, A., Cox, J., David, S., Dillmann, I., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dridi, W., Eleftheriadis, C., Embid-Segura, M., Ferrant, L., Ferrari, A., Finocchiaro, P., Fraval, K., Fujii, K., Furman, W., Ganesan, S., Garcia, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gomez-Hornillos, M.B., Goncalves, I.F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Gramegna, F., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gurusamy, P., Haight, R., Heil, M., Heinitz, S., Igashira, M., Isaev, S., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Kaeppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Karamanis, D., Kerveno, M., Ketlerov, V., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Konovalov, V., Krticka, M., Kroll, J., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lo Meo, S., Losito, R., Lozano, M., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martinez, T., Marrone, S., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Moreau, C., Mosconi, M., Musumarra, A., O’Brien, S., Pancin, J., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Pavlopoulos, P., Perkowski, J., Perrot, L., Pigni, M.T., Plag, R., Plompen, A., Plukis, L., Poch, A., Pretel, C., Praena, J., Quesada, J., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Roman, F., Rudolf, G., Rubbia, C., Rullhusen, P., Salgado, J., Santos, C., Sarchiapone, L., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Stephan, C., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tavora, L., Terlizzi, R., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Versaci, R., Vermeulen, M.J., Villamarin, D., Vincente, M.C., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Voss, F., Wallner, A., Walter, S., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., Wiesher, M., Wisshak, K., Wright, T., Zugec, P., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, Fission, QC1-999, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear physics, Mechanical engineering, U238, neutron fission, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Fissió nuclear, ANGULAR-DISTRIBUTION, Subatomär fysik, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, Subatomic Physics, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear fission, Física nuclear
Abstract: The U-238 fission cross section is an international standard beyond 2 MeV where the fission plateau starts. However, due to its importance in fission reactors, this cross-section should be very accurately known also in the threshold region below 2 MeV. The U-238 fission cross section has been measured relative to the U-235 fission cross section at CERN - n_TOF with different detection systems. These datasets have been collected and suitably combined to increase the counting statistics in the threshold region from about 300 keV up to 3 MeV. The results are compared with other experimental data, evaluated libraries, and the IAEA standards.
Published: 2016

32. The 236U neutron capture cross-section measured at the n TOF CERN facility

Author: A. J. M. Plompen, Rene Reifarth, Stefan Schmidt, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, C. Lampoudis, M. P. W. Chin, C. Domingo-Pardo, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, Tanja Heftrich, V. Ketlerov, Christoph Langer, F. Roman, A. Riego-Perez, M. S. Robles, G. Vannini, G. Tagliente, C. Paradela, Srinivasan Ganesan, R. Sarmento, F. Cerutti, A. R. García, P. Vaz, D. Cano-Ott, R. Vlastou, M. Mirea, L. Audouin, M. J. Vermeulen, M. Diakaki, Alberto Ventura, E. Berthoumieux, I. Duran, W. Mondelaers, G. Giubrone, C. Lederer, Mario Barbagallo, M. Brugger, M. Kokkoris, A. Pavlik, P. V. Sedyshev, D. G. Jenkins, A. Manousos, Jeri Kroll, A. Goverdovski, M. Licata, V. Variale, A. Tsinganis, M. Mastromarco, F. Käppeler, Roberto Versaci, Damir Bosnar, F. Mingrone, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, Y. Kadi, J. Andrzejewski, K. Fraval, Petar Žugec, Nicola Colonna, J. Marganiec, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Anton Wallner, G. Cortes, Vasilis Vlachoudis, C. Carrapiço, C. Eleftheriadis, A. K. Saxena, C. Weiss, S. Valenta, D. Tarrío, J. L. Tain, L. S. Leong, Arnaud Ferrari, Javier Praena, T. Ware, Thomas Rauscher, Alberto Mengoni, Marco Calviani, E. Chiaveri, J. Billowes, P. F. Mastinu, E. Griesmayer, D. Karadimos, Roberto Losito, Jan Heyse, S. Heinitz, P. Koehler, M. Krtička, T. Martinez, Carlos Guerrero, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. Hernández-Prieto, J. Lerendegui-Marco, I. F. Gonçalves, T. Katabuchi, Fabio Belloni, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, P. Gurusamy, J. Perkowski, E. González, Mario Weigand, C. Rubbia, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, F. Bečvář, E. Mendoza, Peter Schillebeeckx, N. Dzysiuk, V. Bécares, V. Khryachkov, P. M. Milazzo, S. Altstadt, E. Jericha, Dorothea Schumann, J. A. Ryan, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, n_TOF, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Mastromarco, M., Barbagallo, M., Vermeulen, M.J., Colonna, N., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Durán, I., Dzysiuk, N., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Furman, V., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Karadimos, D., Katabuchi, T., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Kroll, J., Krtička, M., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L.S., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Licata, M., Losito, R., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A.J.M., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Versaci, R., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wright, T., and Ž Ugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, nTOF, QC1-999, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Neutron cross section, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), Physics, Neutrons, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Isotope, Cross section, Reaccions nuclears, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Resonance, Calorimeter, 13. Climate action, Nuclear reactions
Abstract: International audience; The $^{236}$U isotope plays an important role in nuclear systems, both for future and currently operating ones. The actual knowledge of the capture reaction of this isotope is satisfactory in the thermal region, but it is considered insufficient for Fast Reactor and ADS applications. For this reason the $^{236} \text{U}(n, \gamma)$ reaction cross-section has been measured for the first time in the whole energy region from thermal energy up to 1 MeV at the n_TOF facility with two different detection systems: an array of C$_6$D$_6$ detectors, employing the total energy deposited method, and a 4$\pi$ total absorption calorimeter (TAC), made of 40 BaF$_2$ crystals. The two n_TOF data sets agree with each other within the statistical uncertainty in the Resolved Resonance Region up to 800 eV, while sizable differences (up to ≃ 20%) are found relative to the current evaluated data libraries. Moreover two new resonances have been found in the n_TOF data. In the Unresolved Resonance Region up to 200 keV, the n_TOF results show a reasonable agreement with previous measurements and evaluated data.
Published: 2016
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33. Analysis of the FIC detector data at the n_TOF facility

Author: D. Karamanis, P.A. Assimakopoulos, D. Karadimos, C. A. Papachristodoulou, R. Vlastou, V. Ketlerov, K. G. Ioannides, P. Pavlopoulos, K. C. Stamoulis, P. Cennini, N. Tsagas, V. Konovalov, and Vasilis Vlachoudis
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Background subtraction, Large Hadron Collider, business.industry, Fission, Nuclear Theory, Detector, Nuclear physics, Ionization chamber, Spallation, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, business, Instrumentation, Digital signal processing
Abstract: Fission cross-section measurements with the Fast Ionization Chamber (FIC) at the CERN n_TOF facility were challenged by intense signals due to γ-rays and ultra-relativistic particles from the impact of the 20 GeV proton pulses on the neutron spallation target. A method for analyzing the data taken with Flash Analog to Digital Converters (FADC) was developed to treat these problems in an automated way to provide a reliable background subtraction and a fit routine for identifying fission events even at high energies. The analysis is illustrated at the example of the fission cross-section of 238U relative to that of 235U in the energy range from 40 keV to 300 MeV.
Published: 2010

34. Neutron reactions and nuclear cosmo-chronology

Author: I. Goncalves, D. Karamanis, L. Ferrant, Thomas Rauscher, L. Fitzpatrick, D. Karadimos, M. Dahlfors, F. Gramegna, P. Vaz, P. Cennini, M. Rosetti, J. Cox, Rene Reifarth, M. C. Vincente, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, Laurent Tassan-Got, P. M. Milazzo, V. Ketlerov, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, Ralf Plag, J. M. Quesada, D. Villamarin, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, G. Vannini, M. Oshima, F. Voss, E. Jericha, L. Sarchiapone, M. Mosconi, J. Andrzejewski, W.I. Furman, R. Gallino, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, Nicola Colonna, M. Embid-Segura, C. T. Papadopoulos, A. Lindote, J. Pancin, E. Griesmayer, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, V. Konovalov, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, K. Fujii, H. Alvarez-Pol, R. Vlastou, C. A. Papachristodoulou, R. Terlizzi, B. Haas, Michael Heil, Manuel Lozano, C. Paradela, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, S. Marrone, A. J. M. Plompen, I. Dillman, G. Aerts, S. Lukic, L. Tavora, Carlos Guerrero, C. Eleftheriadis, Masayuki Igashira, S. Isaev, U. Abbondanno, E. Kossionides, M. Kerveno, Heinz Oberhummer, G. Rudolf, Yacine Kadi, I. Lopes, G. Cortes, P. Rullhusen, C. Domingo Pardo, R. C. Haight, H. Frais-Koelbl, A. Herrera-Martinez, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, Alberto Mengoni, C. Pretel, N. Patronis, W. Dridi, S. Bisterzo, K. Wisshak, L. Audouin, Roberto Capote, P.A. Assimakopoulos, Michael Wiescher, E. Berthoumieux, F. Neves, S. Walter, H. Wendler, A. Goverdovski, F. Gunsing, F. Alvarez-Velarde, I. Savvidis, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, P. E. Koehler, I. Duran, V. Chepel, P. Baumann, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, P. F. Mastinu, L. Perrot, F. Käppeler, M. Krtička, C. Moreau, J. Salgado, L. Marques, A. Poch, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Plukis, F. Bečvář, S. David, G. Tagliente, Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée (DAPNIA), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pole Universitaire Leonard de Vinci, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci (PULV), nTOF, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions, and Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: stars, Neutron capture, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Estels -- Estructura, Inelastic scattering, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Stellar cross sections, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, Stars--Structure, Neutron cross section, Neutron, cross-sections, capture, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, milky-way, isotopes, Physics, Neutrons, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Re/Os cosmo-chronometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, stellar cross sections, nucleosynthesis, inelastic scattering, Neutron temperature, re/os cosmo-chronometer, age, 13. Climate action, r-process, Atomic physics, s-process, s process, neutron capture
Abstract: The beta-decay of Re-187 (t(1/2) = 42.3 Gyr) represents a suited cosmo-chronometer for the age of the r-process abundances, since the radiogenic part of the daughter isotope (OS)-O-187 is defined by the difference between the solar Os-187 abundance and s-process contribution to Os-187. The latter component can be determined via the s-process systematics based on the stellar neutron capture cross sections of Os-186 and Os-187. The laboratory cross section of Os-187 requires a significant correction for the effect of the low-lying excited state at 9.75 keV, which is strongly populated under stellar conditions. This theoretical correction can be improved by an experimental cross section for inelastic scattering to the 9.75 keV state. High resolution time-of-flight measurements of (n, gamma) cross sections of (OS)-O-186,187,188 from I eV to I MeV at CERN n-TOF facility are reported. The inferred stellar cross sections differ from previously recommended values. In addition, the inelastic scattering cross section has been measured at 30 keV neutron energy via time-of-flight at the Karlsruhe 3.7 MV Van de Graaff. The implications of these results for the Re/Os clock are discussed. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. ispartof: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics vol:59 issue:1 pages:165-173 ispartof: location:ITALY, Erice status: published
Published: 2007

35. High accuracy U-235(n,f) data in the resonance energy region

Author: Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, I. Dillmann, I. Savvidis, M. Kerveno, C. Lederer, H. Leeb, A. Pavlik, L. Ferrant, F. Gramegna, D. Villamarin, Ralf Plag, I. Duran, A. Goverdovski, F. Gunsing, Christoph A. Stephan, F. Alvarez-Velarde, P. Pavlopoulos, C. Le Naour, M. Embid-Segura, S. David, A. Ventura, Cristian Massimi, P. Rullhusen, Gerald Badurek, Marco Calviani, F. Voss, P. M. Milazzo, G. Tagliente, A. Plukis, S. Lukic, A. Couture, G. Cortes, W.I. Furman, C. Rubbia, S. Isaev, C. Eleftheriadis, R. C. Haight, S. Marrone, K. Fujii, C. Paradela, P. Baumann, L. Perrot, K. Wisshak, J. Salgado, Thomas Rauscher, P. Cennini, A. Poch, Roberto Capote, L. Audouin, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, I. F. Gonçalves, D. Karadimos, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, V. Chepel, W. Dridi, C. Santos, M.C. Vincente, L. Tavora, M. Mosconi, L. Sarchiapone, E. González-Romero, E. Jericha, G. Aerts, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, Rene Reifarth, S. Walter, J. L. Tain, P. E. Koehler, F. Becvar, A. Lindote, Diego Tarrio, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, J. Marganiec, Nicola Colonna, S. Andriamonje, C. Carrapiço, R. Terlizzi, C. Weiss, V. Ketlerov, Vasilis Vlachoudis, H. Alvarez-Pol, E. Chiaveri, Javier Praena, P. F. Mastinu, Y. Kadi, C. Pretel, G. Rudolf, B. Berthier, Michael Heil, A. J. M. Plompen, Corrie S. Moreau, C. Lampoudis, C. Domingo-Pardo, M. Dahlfors, M. Wiesher, P. Vaz, D. Cano-Ott, Arnaud Ferrari, Alberto Mengoni, J. Andrzejewski, V. Konovalov, J. Cox, Masayuki Igashira, F. Kaeppeler, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Serot, O., Paradela, C., Duran, I., Tassan-Got, L., Audouin, L., Berthier, B., Isaev, S., Le Naour, C., Stephan, C., Tarrío, D., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez-Pol, H., Álvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Badurek, G., Baumann, P., Becvar, F., Berthoumieux, E., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Capote, R., Carrapiço, C., Cennini, P., Chepel, V., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortes, G., Couture, A., Cox, J., Dahlfors, M., David, S., Dillmann, I., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dridi, W., Eleftheriadis, C., Embid-Segura, M., Ferrant, L., Ferrari, A., Ferreira-Marques, R., Fujii, K., Furman, W., Gonçalves, I.F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Gramegna, F., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Haight, R., Heil, M., Igashira, M., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Kaeppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Kerveno, M., Ketlerov, V., Koehler, P., Konovalov, V., Krticka, M., Lampoudis, C., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lindote, A., Lukic, S., Marganiec, J., Martinez, T., Marrone, S., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Moreau, C., Mosconi, M., Pancin, S, Pavlik, A., Pavlopoulos, P., Perrot, L., Plag, R., Plompen, A., Plukis, A., Poch, A., Pretel, C., Praena, J., Quesada, J., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rubbia, C., Rudolf, G., Rullhusen, P., Salgado, J., Santos, C., Sarchiapone, L., Savvidis, I., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tavora, L., Terlizzi, R., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Villamarin, D., Vincente, M.C., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Voss, F., Walter, S., Weiss, C., Wiesher, M., and Wisshak, K.
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, Fission, nTOF, QC1-999, Neutron, 01 natural sciences, Resonance (particle physics), Nuclear physics, Subatomär fysik, Cross section (physics), U235, Ionization, 0103 physical sciences, Subatomic Physics, CERN, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Range (particle radiation), Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Reaccions nuclears, Cross section, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear fission, nuclear technologies, Engineering physics, Física nuclear, Nuclear reactions
Abstract: The $^{235}$U neutron-induced cross section is widely used as reference cross section for measuring other fission cross sections, but in the resonance region it is not considered as an IAEA standard because of the scarce experimental data covering the full region. In this work, we deal with a new analysis of the experimental data obtained with a detection setup based on parallel plate ionization chambers (PPACs) at the CERN n_TOF facility in the range from 1 eV to 10 keV. The relative cross section has been normalised to the IAEA value in the region between 7.8 and 11 eV, which is claimed as well-known. Comparison with the ENDF/B-VII evaluation and the IAEA reference file from 100 eV to 10 keV are provided.
Published: 2015

36. Resonance neutron-capture cross sections of stable magnesium isotopes and their astrophysical implications

Author: MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, VANNINI, GIANNI, P. Koehler, S. Bisterzo, N. Colonna, R. Gallino, F. Gunsing, F. Käppeler, G. Lorusso, A. Mengoni, M. Pignatari, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, M. Barbagallo, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, F. Belloni, M. Bennett, E. Berthoumieux, M. Calviani, F. Calviño, D. Cano Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira Marques, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais Koelbl, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, E. González Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera Martinez, F. Herwig, R. Hirschi, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, V. Konovalov, S. Kopecky, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudis, H. Leeb, C. Lederer, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, R. Losito, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marques, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, P. Mastinu, E. Mendoza, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, M. Oshima, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulos, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Perrot, M. T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, G. Rockefeller, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Sarchiapone, R. Sarmento, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, D. Tarrío, L. Tassan Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aval du cycle et Energie Nucléaire (ACEN), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Theorical Division (LANL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci (PULV), C. Massimi, P. Koehler, S. Bisterzo, N. Colonna, R. Gallino, F. Gunsing, F. Käppeler, G. Lorusso, A. Mengoni, M. Pignatari, G. Vannini, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, M. Barbagallo, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, F. Belloni, M. Bennett, E. Berthoumieux, M. Calviani, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfor, S. David, I. Dillmann, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadi, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais-Koelbl, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, E. González-Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, F. Herwig, R. Hirschi, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimo, D. Karamani, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, V. Konovalov, S. Kopecky, E. Kossionide, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudi, H. Leeb, C. Lederer, A. Lindote, I. Lope, R. Losito, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marque, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, P. Mastinu, E. Mendoza, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, M. Oshima, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulo, C. Paradela, N. Patroni, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, L. Perrot, M. T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Pluki, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, G. Rockefeller, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, J. Salgado, C. Santo, L. Sarchiapone, R. Sarmento, I. Savvidi, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, D. Tarrío, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, V. Vlachoudi, R. Vlastou, F. Vo, S. Walter, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and TOF
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, STELLAR CROSS SECTION, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Neutrons--Captura, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Neutrons--Capture, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Isotopes of magnesium, Physics, NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Large Hadron Collider, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear energy, NEUTRON INDUCED NUCLEAR REACTION, Neutron spectroscopy, Neutron capture, 13. Climate action, S PROCESS, Energia nuclear, RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY, Atomic physics, s-process, Shape analysis (digital geometry)
Abstract: We have measured the neutron capture cross sections of the stable magnesium isotopes 24,25,26Mg in the energy range of interest to the s process using the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. Capture events from a natural metal sample and from samples enriched in 25Mg and 26Mg were recorded using the total energy method based on C6 2H6 detectors. Neutron resonance parameters were extracted by a simultaneous resonance shape analysis of the present capture data and existing transmission data on a natural isotopic sample. Maxwellian-averaged capture cross sections for the three isotopes were calculated up to thermal energies of 100 keV and their impact on s-process analyses was investigated. At 30 keV the new values of the stellar cross section for 24Mg, 25Mg, and 26Mg are 3.8±0.2 mb, 4.1±0.6 mb, and 0.14±0.01 mb, respectively.
Published: 2012

37. Neutron-induced fission cross section measurement of233U,241Am and243Am in the energy range 0.5 MeV ⩽En⩽ 20 MeV at n_TOF at CERN

Author: G. Cortes, J. Pancin, C. Lederer, R. Vlastou, H. Leeb, S. David, L. Perrot, P. Cennini, F. Calvino, Anton Wallner, Corrie S. Moreau, V. Chepel, Roberto Capote, P. Baumann, Y. Kadi, G. Tagliente, P.A. Assimakopoulos, M. Kerveno, C. Eleftheriadis, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, H. Frais-Koelbl, Thomas Rauscher, M. Dahlfors, F. Gunsing, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, G. Aerts, M. Mosconi, P. Vaz, G. Vannini, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, Marco Calviani, Cristian Massimi, P. Pavlopoulos, Aaron Couture, J. Salgado, A. J. M. Plompen, F. Belloni, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, Mario Barbagallo, Carlos Guerrero, A. Poch, Marco T. Pigni, D. Karadimos, I. Dillmann, G. Rudolf, F. Cerutti, D. Cano-Ott, C. Pretel, E. Chiaveri, E. Jericha, L. Marques, I. Lopes, Michael Heil, A. Pavlik, Heinz Oberhummer, C. Santos, P. F. Mastinu, R. Terlizzi, S. Walter, C. Domingo-Pardo, L. Ferrant, K. Wisshak, A. Lindote, James L. Cox, E. González-Romero, L. Fitzpatrick, L. Tavora, K. Fujii, R. C. Haight, Masayuki Igashira, C. Paradela, H. Wendler, L. Audouin, M. Embid-Segura, D. Villamarin, P. E. Koehler, P. Rullhusen, V. Ketlerov, Michael Wiescher, L. Sarchiapone, ntof, F. Bečvář, M. Meaze, Manuel Lozano, Ralf Plag, H. Álvarez, M. Oshima, M. Krtička, J. L. Tain, C Lampoudis, J. Andrzejewski, M. Rosetti, F. Voss, W.I. Furman, C. T. Papadopoulos, E. Kossionides, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, I. Duran, C. A. Papachristodoulou, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, C. Rubbia, V. Konovalov, Javier Praena, Isabel S. Gonçalves, A. Plukis, S. Marrone, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, F. Käppeler, E. Griesmayer, S. Lukic, Nicola Colonna, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, Arnaud Ferrari, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Alberto Mengoni, A. Ventura, F. Gramegna, I. Savvidis, B. Haas, M. C. Vincente, W. Dridi, Rene Reifarth, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, S. Isaev, U. Abbondanno, E. Berthoumieux, C. Carrapiço, D. Karamanis, F Belloni, P M Milazzo, M Calviani, N Colonna, P Mastinu, U Abbondanno, G Aert, H Álvarez, F Álvarez-Velarde, S Andriamonje, J Andrzejewski, P Assimakopoulo, L Audouin, G Badurek, M Barbagallo, P Baumann, F Bečvář, E Berthoumieux, F Calviño, F Cerutti, D Cano-Ott, R Capote, C Carrapiço, A Carrillo de Albornoz, P Cennini, V Chepel, E Chiaveri, G Corte, A Couture, J Cox, M Dahlfor, S David, I Dillmann, R Dolfini, C Domingo-Pardo, W Dridi, I Duran, C Eleftheriadi, M Embid-Segura, L Ferrant, A Ferrari, R Ferreira-Marque, L Fitzpatrick, H Frais-Koelbl, K Fujii, W Furman, I Goncalve, E González-Romero, A Goverdovski, F Gramegna, E Griesmayer, C Guerrero, F Gunsing, B Haa, R Haight, M Heil, A Herrera-Martinez, M Igashira, S Isaev, E Jericha, F Käppeler, Y Kadi, D Karadimo, D Karamani, V Ketlerov, M Kerveno, P Koehler, V Konovalov, E Kossionide, M Krtička, C Lampoudi, C Lederer, H Leeb, A Lindote, I Lope, M Lozano, S Lukic, J Marganiec, L Marque, S Marrone, T Martínez, C Massimi, M H Meaze, A Mengoni, C Moreau, M Mosconi, F Neve, H Oberhummer, S O'Brien, M Oshima, J Pancin, C Papachristodoulou, C Papadopoulo, C Paradela, N Patroni, A Pavlik, P Pavlopoulo, L Perrot, M T Pigni, R Plag, A Plompen, A Pluki, A Poch, J Praena, C Pretel, J Quesada, T Rauscher, R Reifarth, M Rosetti, C Rubbia, G Rudolf, P Rullhusen, J Salgado, C Santo, L Sarchiapone, I Savvidi, C Stephan, G Tagliente, J L Tain, L Tassan-Got, L Tavora, R Terlizzi, G Vannini, P Vaz, A Ventura, D Villamarin, M C Vincente, V Vlachoudi, R Vlastou, F Vo, A Wallner, S Walter, H Wendler, M Wiescher, and K Wisshak
Subjects: Fission, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Mathematical Physics, EMERGING NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Neutron radiation, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, NEUTRON INDUCED FISSION, Time of flight, TIME-OF-FLIGHT, Ionization chamber, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Atomic physics
Abstract: Neutron-induced fission cross section measurements of U-233, Am-243 and Am-241 relative to U-235 have been carried out at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. A fast ionization chamber has been employed. All samples were located in the same detector; therefore the studied elements and the reference U-235 target are subject to the same neutron beam.
Published: 2012

38. New experimental validation of the pulse height weighting technique for capture cross-section measurements

Author: L. Perrot, J. Pancin, F. Voss, Marco Radici, K. Wisshak, Ch.O. Bacri, V. Chepel, E. Berthomieux, L. Zanini, S. Marrone, P. Baumann, A. Lindote, T. Papaevangelou, M. Vincente-Vincente, Nicola Colonna, C. Tapia, M. Dahlfors, P. Vaz, G. Vannini, Per Carlson, M. Embid-Segura, H. Frais-Koelbl, E. Savvidis, F. Rejmund, H. Wendler, J. Salgado, A. Poch, Y. Giomataris, H. Álvarez, J. L. Tain, Saed Dababneh, L. Tavora, K.G. Ioannides, F. Gramegna, I. Duran, Aaron Couture, D. Cortina, M. Terrani, A. Goverdovski, George Kitis, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, A. Herrera-Martinez, Manuel Lozano, B. Berthier, R. Vlastou, F. Gunsing, Gerald Badurek, Ralf Plag, J. Benlliure, Alberto Mengoni, G. Cortes, A. Molina-Coballes, G. Aerts, A. Pavlik, N. Tsangas, Enrico Chiaveri, M. Rosetti, W. Rapp, P. Rullhusen, E. Gonzalez-Romero, R. Dolfini, N. Janeva, C. Domingo-Pardo, C. Eleftheriadis, E. Boscolo-Marchi, C. Paradela, E. Jericha, S. Markov, Roberto Capote, S. Lukic, A. Perez-Parra, Rene Reifarth, P. E. Koehler, P.A. Assimakopoulos, A. Kelic, I. F. Gonçalves, D. Cano-Ott, A. Plukis, P. Pavlopoulos, M.I. Lopes, F. Bečvář, P. Cennini, José M. Martínez-Val, S. David, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Sigfrido Boffi, S. Andriamonje, G. Tagliente, U. Abbondanno, Yacine Kadi, J.C. Soares, José Manuel Perlado, L. Ferrant, D. Karamanis, C. Borcea, C. Coceva, L. Ferreira-Lourenco, R. C. Haight, Heinz Oberhummer, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, E. Griesmayer, P. F. Mastinu, Michael Heil, A. Ventura, H. Beer, R. Terlizzi, E. Kossionides, H. Leeb, V. Ketlerov, D. Villamarin-Fernandez, F. Käppeler, Michael Wiescher, W.I. Furman, Carlo Rubbia, E. Mínguez, Subramanian Raman, A. J. M. Plompen, V. Peskov, V. Vlachoudis, A. Angelopoulos, N. Bustreo, G. Rudolf, P. Calviño, C. Moreau, V. Konovalov, V. Lacoste, C. Pretel, James L. Cox, Thomas Rauscher, A.J.P.L. Policarpo, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), TOF, U.Abbondanno, G.Aert, H.Alvarez, S.Adriamonje, A.Angelopoulo, P.Assimakopoulo, C.Bacri, C.Badurek, P.Bauman, F.Becvar, H.Beer, J.Benlliure, B.Berthier, E.Berthoumieux, S.Boffi, C.Borcea, N.Bustreo, F.Calvino, D.Cano-Ott, R.Capote, P.Carlson, P.Cennini, V.Chepel, E.Chiaveri, N.Colonna, G.Corte, D.Cortina, A.Couture, J.Cox, S.Dababneh, M.Dahlfor, S.David, R.Dolfini, C.Domingo, I.Dura-Escribano, C.Eleftheriadi, M.Embid-Segura, L.Ferrant, A.Ferrari, L.Ferreira-Lourenco, R.Ferreira-Marque, H.Frais-Koelbl, W.Furman, Y.Giomatari, I.Goncalve, E.Gonzales-Romero, A.Goverdovski, F.Gramegna, E.Griiesmayer, F.GGunsing, R.Haight, M.Heil, A.Errera-Martinez, K.Ioannide, N.Janeva, E.Jericha, Y.Kadi, F.Kappeler, D.Karamani, A.Kelic, V.Ketlerov, G.Kiti, P.Koehler, V.Konovalov, E.Kossionide, V.Lacoste, H.Leeb, A.Lindote, I.Lope, M.Lozano, S.Lukic, S.Markov, S.Marrone, J.Martinez-Val, P.Mastinu, A.Mengoni, P.Milazzo, E.Minguez, C.Moreau, F.Neve, H.Oberhummer, S.O’Brien, J.Pancin, C.Paradela, A.Pavlik, P.Pavlopoulo, A.Perez-Parra, J.Perlado, L.Perrot, V.Peskov, R.Plag, A.Plomplen, A.Pluki, A.Poch, A.policarpo, C.Pretel, J.Quesada, M.Radici, W.Rapp, R.Reifarth, F.Rejmund, M.Rosetti, C.Rubbia, G.Rudolf, P.Rullhusen, J.Salgado, E.Savvidi, C.Stephan, G.Tagliente, J.Tain, C.Tapia, L.Tassan-Got, L.Tavora, M.Terrani, N.Tsanga, G.Vannini, P.Vaz, A.Ventura, D.Villamarin-Fernandez, M.Vincente-Vincente, V.Vlachoudi, R.Vlastou, F.Vo, H.Wendler, M.Wiescher, K.Wisshak, and L.Zanini
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, TheoryofComputation_COMPUTATIONBYABSTRACTDEVICES, Monte Carlo method, NUCLEAR PHYSICS, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], ComputingMethodologies_ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE, 01 natural sciences, monte carlo simulations, Cross section (physics), Optics, 0103 physical sciences, neutron capture cross-sections, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Pulse height, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Liquid scintillation counting, Detector, TheoryofComputation_GENERAL, Experimental validation, NEUTRON CROSS SECTIONS, pulse height weighting technique, c6d6 scintillation detectors, Weighting, Neutron capture, ComputingMethodologies_PATTERNRECOGNITION, business
Abstract: The accuracy of the pulse height weighting technique for the determination of neutron capture cross-sections is investigated. The technique is applied to measurements performed with C6D6 liquid scintillation detectors of two different types using capture samples of various dimensions. The data for well-known (n, gamma) resonances are analyzed using weighting functions obtained from Monte Carlo simulations of the experimental set-up. Several causes of systematic deviation are identified and their effect is quantified. In all the cases measured the reaction yield agrees with the standard value within 2%. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section a-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
Published: 2004

39. Neutron cross-sections for next generation reactors: New data from n_TOF

Author: C. Eleftheriadis, Carlos Guerrero, S. David, L. Tavora, G. Cortes, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, Heinz Oberhummer, G. Tagliente, Yacine Kadi, P. Rullhusen, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, L. Perrot, K. Wisshak, D. Villamarin, W.I. Furman, Masayuki Igashira, A. J. M. Plompen, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, V. Chepel, S. Walter, Ralf Plag, S. Lukic, Marco T. Pigni, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, F. Neves, C. A. Papachristodoulou, P. M. Milazzo, P. Cennini, M. Oshima, H. Wendler, Roberto Capote, E. Kossionides, P. Baumann, P.A. Assimakopoulos, J. Andrzejewski, James L. Cox, J. Salgado, G. Aerts, E. Chiaveri, Carlo Rubbia, P. F. Mastinu, D. Cano-Ott, V. Vlachoudis, M. Mosconi, F. Voss, A. Poch, L. Sarchiapone, I. Duran, F. Becvar, E. Griesmayer, H. Leeb, I. Dillman, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, R. Terlizzi, M. C. Vicente, Marco Calviani, V. Konovalov, F. Käppeler, Nicola Colonna, G. Vannini, Corrie S. Moreau, R. C. Haight, P. E. Koehler, D. Karamanis, E. Jericha, S. Isaev, U. Abbondanno, C. Paradela, F. Gunsing, L. Audouin, E. Gonzalez-Romero, R. Vlastou, Michael Wiescher, A. Plukis, Cristian Massimi, E. Berthoumieux, F. Gramegna, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, T. Martinez, A. Lindote, Rene Reifarth, I. Savvidis, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, L. Ferrant, A. Ventura, P. Pavlopoulos, C. Lampoudis, H. Álvarez, A. Pavlik, J. L. Tain, C. Domingo-Pardo, Martin Heil, H. Frais-Koelbl, Manuel Lozano, J. Pancin, B. Haas, M. Dahlfors, P. Vaz, Aaron Couture, C. T. Papadopoulos, W. Dridi, L. Marques, Isabel S. Gonçalves, S. Marrone, M. Kerveno, K. Fujii, Alberto Mengoni, V. Ketlerov, C. Pretel, M. Rosetti, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci (PULV), TOF, N. Colonna, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, F. Belloni, B. Berthier, E. Berthoumieux, M. Calviani, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant,†, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, E. González-Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, V. Ketlerov, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulos, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Perrot, M. T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Fission, Nuclear Theory, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Sensitivity and Specificity, Nuclear physics, Data acquisition, Neutron flux, Nuclear Reactors, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear astrophysics, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Neutrons, Radiation, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Reproducibility of Results, Equipment Design, Neutron Capture Therapy, NUCLEAR FISSION, Equipment Failure Analysis, 13. Climate action, Nuclear fission, Spallation Neutron Source
Abstract: 7th International Topical Meeting on Industrial Radiation and Radioisotope Measurement Application. Czech Tech univ, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC. JUN 22-27, 2008, In 2002, an innovative neutron time-of-flight facility started operation at CERN: n_TOF. The main characteristics that make the new facility unique are the high instantaneous neutron flux, high resolution and wide energy range. Combined with state-of-the-art detectors and data acquisition system, these features have allowed to collect high accuracy neutron cross-section data on a variety of isotopes, many of which radioactive, of interest for Nuclear Astrophysics and for applications to advanced reactor technologies. A review of the most important results on capture and fission reactions obtained so far at n_TOF is presented, together with plans for new measurements related to nuclear industry.
Published: 2010

40. The measurement programme at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN

Author: M. Krtička, T. Martinez, M. Mastromarco, M. Licata, Y. H. Chen, J. Marganiec, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, I. Porras, F. Bečvář, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Anton Wallner, C. Wolf, P. Kavrigin, C. Rubbia, Rene Reifarth, Stefan Schmidt, E. Mendoza, G. Vannini, Ralf Nolte, A. Gawlik, N. Patronis, A. K. Saxena, Peter Schillebeeckx, A. S. Brown, P. C. Rout, F. Mingrone, C. Lederer, J. M. Quesada, Arnaud Ferrari, L. Tassan-Got, Thomas Rauscher, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, A. Goverdovski, G. Tagliente, F. R. Palomo-Pinto, D. M. Castelluccio, A. Kimura, Srinivasan Ganesan, J. Andrzejewski, E. Griesmayer, Alberto Mengoni, C. Paradela, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, M. Caamaño, S. Heinitz, J. Billowes, O. Aberle, V. Khryachkov, J. L. Tain, L. Audouin, P. M. Milazzo, M. S. Robles, Tatsuya Katabuchi, D. Cano-Ott, S. Montesano, A. R. García, V. Bécares, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, Mario Barbagallo, Deniz Kurtulgil, P. V. Sedyshev, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, S. V. Suryanarayana, Niko Kivel, F. Cerutti, M. Kokkoris, L. Cosentino, S. Barros, I. Duran, M. Brugger, E. Jericha, G. Cortes, A. Musumarra, C. Beinrucker, Paolo Finocchiaro, D. Tarrío, K. Rajeev, Dorothea Schumann, J. A. Ryan, K. Deo, Simone Gilardoni, A. Hernández-Prieto, Francesca Matteucci, V. Ketlerov, E. González, R. J. W. Frost, A. Casanovas, M. Diakaki, R. Cardella, I. F. Gonçalves, Alexandru Negret, J. Balibrea-Correa, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, C. Weiss, Tanja Heftrich, A. Oprea, P. Vaz, S. Warren, A. Riego-Perez, Kathrin Göbel, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, L. A. Damone, Alberto Ventura, Jan Heyse, A. Stamatopoulos, S. Valenta, V. Variale, Marco Calviani, A. Pavlik, A. Kalamara, A. G. Smith, C. Domingo-Pardo, Philip Woods, Fabio Belloni, Hideo Harada, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, A. Masi, D. G. Jenkins, M. Mirea, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, J. Perkowski, Pedro G. Ferreira, Mario Weigand, R. Vlastou, D. Radeck, E. Berthoumieux, N. V. Sosnin, Annamaria Mazzone, Petar Žugec, Rugard Dressler, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, A. Tsinganis, Nicola Colonna, Vasilis Vlachoudis, M. Bacak, T. Glodariu, Roberto Losito, E. Dupont, Ioana Gheorghe, J. Lerendegui, Mengoni, A., Lo Meo, S., Castelluccio, D. M., Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), n_TOF, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Gunsing, F., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea-Correa, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cortés, G., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Deo, K., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Frost, R.J.W., Furman, V., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Gawlik, A., Gheorghe, I., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Göbel, K., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui, J., Licata, M., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S.J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E.A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Negret, A., Oprea, A., Palomo-Pinto, F.R., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Radeck, D., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Rout, P., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N.V., Stamatopoulos, A., Suryanarayana, S.V., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., and Ž Ugec, P.
Subjects: Engineering, Nuclear transmutation, QC1-999, Nuclear engineering, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), 0103 physical sciences, Física::Electromagnetisme [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], ddc:530, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Neutrons, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Physics, Nuclear data, Radioactive waste, Nuclear technology, Beamline, Criticality, business
Abstract: Neutron-induced reaction cross sections are important for a wide variety of research fields ranging from the study of nuclear level densities, nucleosynthesis to applications of nuclear technology like design, and criticality and safety assessment of existing and future nuclear reactors, radiation dosimetry, medical applications, nuclear waste transmutation, accelerator-driven systems and fuel cycle investigations. Simulations and calculations of nuclear technology applications largely rely on evaluated nuclear data libraries. The evaluations in these libraries are based both on experimental data and theoretical models. CERN’s neutron time-of-flight facility n TOF has produced a considerable amount of experimental data since it has become fully operational with the start of its scientific measurement programme in 2001. While for a long period a single measurement station (EAR1) located at 185 m from the neutron production target was available, the construction of a second beam line at 20 m (EAR2) in 2014 has substantially increased the measurement capabilities of the facility. An outline of the experimental nuclear data activities at n TOF will be presented.
Published: 2017

41. n_TOF Experiment: Past, Present And Future

Author: S. Marrone, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, E. Berthoumieux, M. Calviani, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, A. Carnllo de Albornoz, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais-Koelbl, K. Fujii, W. Furman, R. Gallino, I. Goncalves, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, D. Karamanis, D. Karadimos, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lamboudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marques, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulos, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Perrot, M. Pignatari, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Dugersuren Dashdorj, Undraa Agvaanluvsan, Gary E. Mitchell, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, European Commission Joint Research Centre European Community (EC), Dugersuren Dashdorj , Undraa Agvaanluvsan and Gary E. Mitchell, S. Marrone, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Álvarez, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, E. Berthoumieux, M. Calviani, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, A. Carnllo de Albornoz, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfor, S. David, I. Dillmann, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadi, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais-Koelbl, K. Fujii, W. Furman, R. Gallino, I. Goncalve, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, D. Karamani, D. Karadimo, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionide, M. Krtička, C. Lamboudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marque, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulo, C. Paradela, N. Patroni, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, L. Perrot, M. Pignatari, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Pluki, A. Poch, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidi, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudi, R. Vlastou, F. Vo, S. Walter, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Dugersuren Dashdorj, Undraa Agvaanluvsan, and Gary E. Mitchell
Subjects: Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Fission, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Theory, Measure (physics), Th/U fuel cycle, nuclear technologie, spallation neutron source, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture and fission cross sections, Neutron capture, Nuclear technology, Upgrade, MINOR ACTINIDES TRANSMUTATIONS, Photon strength function, Data analysis, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The neutron Time-of-Flight facility at CERN was built to measure the neutron capture and fission cross sections. A short description of the facility, the detectors and the data analysis techniques will be illustrated. A short review of the preliminary results on the fission cross sections is presented together with the implications in fundamental nuclear physics and in nuclear technologies. Future perspectives both for the experimental campaign and for the upgrade of the facility are discussed. European Commission Joint Research Centre European Community (EC) FIKW-CT-2000-00107
Published: 2009

42. Measurement and analysis of theAm243neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: N. Colonna, S. David, G. Tagliente, B. Haas, M. Dahlfors, Masayuki Igashira, C. T. Papadopoulos, P. Vaz, W. Dridi, A. Ventura, Rene Reifarth, M. Oshima, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Aaron Couture, K. Wisshak, I. Savvidis, A. Plukis, C. Rubbia, J. Andrzejewski, Marco T. Pigni, J. Salgado, A. Poch, F. Voss, G. Vannini, L. Tavora, Isabel S. Gonçalves, S. Marrone, Christoph A. Stephan, J. Marganiec, L. Ferrant, L. Sarchiapone, M. C. Vicente, C. Pretel, G. Aerts, P. Rullhusen, Vasilis Vlachoudis, M. Krtička, D. Karamanis, I. Dillmann, E. Kossionides, J. Balibrea, H. Wendler, L. Fitzpatrick, F. Neves, R. C. Haight, J. L. Tain, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, F. Gramegna, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, P. M. Milazzo, P. Cennini, Matthias Heil, J. Pancin, D. Villamarin, F. Gunsing, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, S. Andriamonje, A. Lindote, C. Lampoudis, C. Paradela, L. Audouin, Isabel Lopes, M. Mosconi, Y. Kadi, H. Frais-Koelbl, M. Kerveno, G. Cortes, A. Goverdovski, Michael Wiescher, S. Isaev, P. E. Koehler, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Cristian Massimi, Gerald Badurek, S. O'Brien, C. Carrapiço, Arnaud Ferrari, L. Perrot, K. Fujii, Marco Calviani, R. Dolfini, Roberto Capote, R. Terlizzi, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, P.A. Assimakopoulos, S. Lukic, P. Pavlopoulos, Fabio Belloni, D. Cano-Ott, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, V. Chepel, C. Santos, G. Rudolf, F. Bečvář, E. Mendoza, E. Jericha, R. Lossito, E. Griesmayer, P. Baumann, I. Duran, Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, C. Eleftheriadis, Heinz Oberhummer, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, E. González-Romero, A. Mengoni, V. Ketlerov, W.I. Furman, C. A. Papachristodoulou, S. Walter, Ralf Plag, V. Konovalov, F. Käppeler, L. Marques, Manuel Lozano, Corrie S. Moreau, A. J. M. Plompen, and James L. Cox
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Cross section (physics), Nuclear transmutation, Neutron cross section, Neutron, 7. Clean energy, Resonance (particle physics), Neutron temperature, Calorimeter
Abstract: Background: The design of new nuclear reactors and transmutation devices requires to reduce the present neutron cross section uncertainties of minor actinides. Purpose: Improvement of the 243Am(n,? ) cross section uncertainty. Method: The 243Am(n,? ) cross section has been measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN with a BaF2 total absorption calorimeter, in the energy range between 0.7 eV and 2.5 keV. Results: The 243Am(n,? ) cross section has been successfully measured in the mentioned energy range. The resolved resonance region has been extended from 250 eV up to 400 eV. In the unresolved resonance region our results are compatible with one of the two incompatible capture data sets available below 2.5 keV. The data available in EXFOR and in the literature have been used to perform a simple analysis above 2.5 keV. Conclusions: The results of this measurement contribute to reduce the 243Am(n,? ) cross section uncertainty and suggest that this cross section is underestimated up to 25% in the neutron energy range between 50 eV and a few keV in the present evaluated data libraries.
Published: 2014

43. Neutron-induced fission cross section ofU234measured at the CERN n_TOF facility

Author: C. Domingo-Pardo, J. Salgado, A. Poch, M. Kerveno, G. Cortes, M. Sedysheva, F. Gunsing, M. Oshima, R. C. Haight, J. Andrzejewski, Cristian Massimi, L. Sarchiapone, Carlo Rubbia, Ralf Plag, V. Vlachoudis, Roberto Capote, L. Audouin, K. C. Stamoulis, P. Assimakopoulos, F. Neves, E. Griesmayer, V. Ketlerov, M. Diakaki, I. Duran, Alberto Mengoni, C. Papadopoulos, A. J. M. Plompen, V. Chepel, Michael Wiescher, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, P. Baumann, H. Leeb, M. Igashira, G. Vannini, P. E. Koehler, P. M. Milazzo, W. Dridi, B. Haas, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, S. G. Isaev, R. Gallino, E. Gonzalez-Romero, E. Berthoumieux, Michael Heil, W.I. Furman, L. Perrot, C. Eleftheriadis, F. Bečvář, K. Ioannidis, S. Marrone, Rene Reifarth, K. Wisshak, R. Vlastou, A. Plukis, A. Lindote, C. Moreau, M. Rosetti, H. Frais-Koelbl, J. Pancin, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, V.Y. Konovalov, Yacine Kadi, H. Wendler, P. Vaz, H. Álvarez, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, I. Goncalves, Thomas Rauscher, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, D. Karadimos, Carlos Guerrero, Heinz Oberhummer, A. Dorochenko, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, G. Aerts, E. Jericha, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, L. Fitzpatrick, P. F. Mastinu, S. O'Brien, M. Embid-Segura, C. Pretel, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, Manuel Lozano, L. Ferrant, D. Villamarin, J. Cox, Laurent Tassan-Got, L. Marques, M. C. Vincente, A. Goverdovski, L. Tavora, F. Alvarez-Velarde, K. Fuji, Gerald Badurek, C. Paradela, R. Dolfini, S. Lukic, P. Rullhusen, U. Abbondanno, I. Savvidis, F. Voss, A. Tsinganis, D. Kolokolov, Nicola Colonna, P. Pavlopoulos, S. David, G. Tagliente, P. Cennini, J. M. Quesada, D. Karamanis, M. Mosconi, C. Stephan, R. Terlizzi, F. Gramegna, F. Käppeler, Paraskevi Demetriou, and A. Pavlik
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Detector, Flux, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, Ionization chamber, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, High energy resolution
Abstract: The neutron-induced fission cross section of U234 has been measured at the CERN n-TOF facility relative to the standard fission cross section of U235 from 20 keV to 1.4 MeV and of U238 from 1.4 to 200 MeV. A fast ionization chamber (FIC) was used as a fission fragment detector with a detection efficiency of no less than 97%. The high instantaneous flux and the low background characterizing the n-TOF facility resulted in wide-energy-range data (0.02 to 200 MeV), with high energy resolution, high statistics, and systematic uncertainties bellow 3%. Previous investigations around the energy of the fission threshold revealed structures attributed to β-vibrational levels, which have been confirmed by the present measurements. Theoretical calculations have been performed, employing the talys code with model parameters tuned to fairly reproduce the experimental data. © 2014 American Physical Society.
Published: 2014

44. Neutron capture cross section of 90-Zr: Bottleneck in the s-process reaction flow

Author: G. Tagliente, K. Fujii, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, G. Aerts, U. Abbondanno, F. Alvarez Velarde, H. Alvarez Pol, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becvar, J. Benlliure, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calvino, D. Cano Ott, R. Capote, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, D. Cortina, A. Couture, J. Cox, S. Dababneh, M. Dahlfors, S. David, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo Pardo, I. Duran, M. Embid Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferrera Marques, H. Frais Koelbl, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, R. Gallino, E. Gonzalez Romero, A. Goverdoski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera Martinez, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, F. Kaeppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, M. Krticka, C. Lamboudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, G. Lorusso, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, J. Martinez Val, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, A. Molina Coballes, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, T. Papaevangelou, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, J. M. Perlado, L. Perrot, M. Pignatari, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, A. Policarpo, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, W. Rapp, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, I. C. Soares, C. Stephan, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, F. Voss, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, VANNINI, GIANNI, G. Tagliente, K. Fujii, P.M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, G. Aert, U. Abbondanno, F. Alvarez-Velarde, H. Alvarez-Pol, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becvar, J. Benlliure, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calvino, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, D. Cortina, A. Couture, J. Cox, S. Dababneh, M. Dahlfor, S. David, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo-Pardo, I. Duran, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferrera-Marque, H. Frais-Koelbl, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, R. Gallino, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Goverdoski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, F. Gunsing, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, F. Kaeppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimo, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, M. Krticka, C. Lamboudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, G. Lorusso, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, J. Martinez-Val, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, A. Molina-Coballe, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, T. Papaevangelou, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, J.M. Perlado, L. Perrot, M. Pignatari, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Pluki, A. Poch, A. Policarpo, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, W. Rapp, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, I.C. Soare, C. Stephan, J.L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M.C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudi, F. Vo, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, and K. Wisshak.
Subjects: NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS, NUCLEAR PHYSICS, NEUTRON CAPTURE REACTIONS
Published: 2008

45. A new method for charged particles identification with a CsI(Tl) crystal

Author: N. N. Semenova, M. V. Dunaev, V. A. Khryachkov, M. Z. Tarasko, and V. V. Ketlerov
Subjects: Crystal, Physics, Photomultiplier, Range (particle radiation), Scintillation, Proton, Spectrometer, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Atomic physics, Instrumentation, Particle identification, Charged particle
Abstract: A spectrometer for detecting and identifying light charged particles with low energies (>∼1 MeV) is described. The spectrometer consists of a thin CsI(Tl) crystal, an ФЭУ-176 photomultiplier, and a waveform digitizer. Digital oscillograms of anode pulses are stored and analyzed in off-line processing. In order to reconstruct the energy and specific energy losses, the two-component character of the scintillation fluorescence decay in a CsI(Tl) crystal and the dependence of the fast component on the specific loss value are used. A digital particle identification method is proposed. The results of experimental studies of the CsI(Tl) crystal scintillation properties and efficiency in identifying electrons, protons, and α-particles in an energy range of ∼1–10 MeV are presented. It is shown that the efficiency of the digital method for proton and α-particle identification is 1.5–2 times higher than that of the known analog methods.
Published: 2000

46. Low-background spectrometer for the study of fast neutron-induced (n,α) reactions

Author: V.A. Khriachkov, V. F. Mitrofanov, V. V. Ketlerov, and N. N. Semenova
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Spectrometer, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Cathode, Anode, law.invention, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Amplitude, law, Rise time, Ionization chamber, Waveform, Neutron, Atomic physics, Instrumentation
Abstract: An α-particle spectrometer based on an ionization chamber with Frisch grid and a waveform digitizer has been developed for studies of fast neutron-induced (n,α) reactions. The information on the energy of the α-particle and its emission angle can be obtained from the amplitude and rise time of the digitized anode signal. For a situation where both the solid target on the cathode of the ionization chamber and the working gas are the α-particle sources, a new method for the suppression of the neutron-induced background is proposed. The background due to gaseous α-particles was reduced by a factor of 30.
Published: 2000

47. Measurement of the radiative neutron capture cross section of 206-Pb and its astrophysical implication

Author: C. Domingo Pardo, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Alvarez Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becvár, E. Berthoumieux, S. Bisterzo, F. Calviño, D. Cano Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillman, R. Dolfini, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira Marques, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais Koelbl, K. Fujii, W. Furman, R. Gallino, I. Goncalves, E. Gonzalez Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera Martinez, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, D. Karamanis, D. Karadimos, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lamboudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, M. Oshima, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulos, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Perrot, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, VANNINI, GIANNI, C. Domingo-Pardo, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Álvarez, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becvár, E. Berthoumieux, S. Bisterzo, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfor, S. David, I. Dillman, R. Dolfini, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadi, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais-Koelbl, K. Fujii, W. Furman, R. Gallino, I. Goncalve, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, D. Karamani, D. Karadimo, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionide, M. Krtička, C. Lamboudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, M. Oshima, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulo, C. Paradela, N. Patroni, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, L. Perrot, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Pluki, A. Poch, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidi, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudi, R. Vlastou, F. Vo, S. Walter, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, and K. Wisshak(n_TOF Collaboration)
Subjects: NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS, NEUTRON CAPTURE REACTION, NUCLEAR PHYSICS
Published: 2007

48. Status and outlook of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN

Author: F. Käppeler, C. Lampoudis, L. Marques, A. J. M. Plompen, H. Frais-Koelbl, A. Pavlik, I. Goncalves, F. Voss, E. Kossionides, I. Duran, P. Cennini, P.A. Assimakopoulos, S. Walter, C. T. Papadopoulos, A. Herrera-Martinez, Marco T. Pigni, N. Patronis, W. Furman, R. Vlastou, Thomas Rauscher, G. Vannini, E. Berthoumieux, P.M. Milazzo, P. Baumann, Nicola Colonna, S. Lukic, K. Fujii, M. Oshima, M. Dahlfors, D. Cano-Ott, F. Gunsing, P. Vaz, Carlo Rubbia, D. Karadimos, R. Ferreira-Marques, I. Dillman, Alberto Ventura, V. Ketlerov, I. Savvidis, V. Chepel, T. Martínez, V. Vlachoudis, R. Haight, D. Villamarin, G. Tagliente, C. Stephan, C. Pretel, P. E. Koehler, Cristian Massimi, J. Pancin, L. Sarchiapone, L. Perrot, I. Lopes, J. Cox, S. Marrone, C. A. Papachristodoulou, P. Mastinu, Manuel Lozano, E. Chiaveri, F. Neves, G. Cortes, H. Wendler, L. Ferrant, V.Y. Konovalov, H. Álvarez, M. Rosetti, J. Andrzejewski, G. Rudolf, K. Wisshak, Carlos Guerrero, F. Bečvář, E. González-Romero, R. Reifarth, R. Terlizzi, J. M. Quesada, A. Couture, M.C. Vincente, Heinz Oberhummer, E. Griesmayer, J. Marganiec, R. Capote, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, M. Mosconi, P. Rullhusen, S. David, A. Lindote, L. Audouin, A. Poch, B. Haas, P. Pavlopoulos, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Kerveno, Yacine Kadi, U. Abbondanno, W. Dridi, Alberto Mengoni, R. Plag, Alfredo Ferrari, H. Leeb, S. G. Isaev, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, C. Paradela, A. Plukis, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, E. Jericha, S. Andriamonje, J.L. Tain, M. Heil, F. Gramegna, M. Igashira, M. Wiescher, C. Domingo-Pardo, G. Aerts, S. O'Brien, A. Goverdovski, C. Moreau, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, D. Karamanis, J. Salgado, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions, F. Gunsing, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfor, S. David, I. Dillman, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadi, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, H. Frais-Koelbl, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, E. González-Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimo, D. Karamani, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionide, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marque, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P.M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, M. Oshima, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulo, C. Paradela, N. Patroni, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, L. Perrot, M.T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Pluki, A. Poch, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidi, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J.L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M.C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudi, R. Vlastou, F. Vo, S. Walter, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée (DAPNIA), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pole Universitaire Leonard de Vinci, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci (PULV), nTOF, and Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, SPALLATION, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear physics, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, NEUTRONS, Neutron time-of-flight scattering, 29.25, 28.20.−v, 24.30.−v, 98.80, Neutron flux, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Neutron cross section, Neutron detection, Neutron, n_TOF, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Physics, Neutrons, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Time-of-flight, Neutron temperature, Neutron capture, N_TOF, Neutron source, Física nuclear, TIME OF FLIGHT, Spallation
Abstract: 5 pages, 2 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 29.25; 28.20.−v; 24.30.−v; 98.80.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000248784100221, Printed version published Aug 2007.-- Issue title: The Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry - Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on The Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry (Fort Worth, TX, Aug 20-25, 2006)., The neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN, fully operational since 2002, combines a high instantaneous neutron flux with high energy resolution. The wide energy range and the high neutron flux per time-of-flight burst result in a much enhanced signal to background ratio for neutron capture of radioactive isotopes and makes this facility well suited for the measurement of high quality neutron-induced reaction cross-sections., Neutrons are created by spallation reactions induced by a pulsed 20 GeV/c proton beam impinging on a lead target. A 5 cm water slab surrounding the lead target serves as a coolant and at the same time as a moderator of the spallation neutron spectrum, providing a wide energy spectrum from 0.1 eV to about 250 MeV., By the end of 2005, a first phase of data taking has been successfully terminated. Fission and capture experiments have been performed on a variety of isotopes of interest for nuclear astrophysics, advanced nuclear technologies and for basic nuclear physics., The instrumentation developed for this facility consists of parallel plate avalanche counter and fission ionization chamber detectors for the fission experiments and of low mass C6D6 detectors and a 4 pi BaF2 total absorption calorimeter for capture experiments. A new data acquisition system, based on sampling of the detector signals, has been developed to cope with the high count rates and to minimize the effective dead time to only a few tens of nanosecond., A second phase of data taking is planned to start in 2007, after an upgrade of the spallation target. On the longer term, the construction of a flight path at 20 in resulting in an increased neutron flux of about a factor of 100 opens new possibilities.
Published: 2007
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49. Resonance capture cross section of 207Pb

Author: C. Domingo Pardo, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez Pol, F. Alvarez Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becvár, E. Berthoumieux, S. Bisterzo, F. Calviño, D. Cano Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillman, R. Dolfini, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira Marques, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais Koelbl, K. Fujii, W. Furman, R. Gallino, I. Goncalves, E. Gonzalez Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera Martinez, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, D. Karamanis, D. Karadimos, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lamboudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, M. Oshima, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulos, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Perrot, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, VANNINI, GIANNI, Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), nTOF, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), C. Domingo-Pardo, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Álvarez-Pol, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becvár, E. Berthoumieux, S. Bisterzo, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfor, S. David, I. Dillman, R. Dolfini, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadi, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais-Koelbl, K. Fujii, W. Furman, R. Gallino, I. Goncalve, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, D. Karamani, D. Karadimo, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionide, M. Krtička, C. Lamboudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, M. Oshima, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulo, C. Paradela, N. Patroni, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, L. Perrot, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Pluki, A. Poch, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidi, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudi, R. Vlastou, F. Vo, S. Walter, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, and K. Wisshak(n_TOF Collaboration)
Subjects: 25.40.Lw, 27.80.+w, 97.10.Cv, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, S-PROCESS AND R-PROCESS, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), NEUTRON TIME OF FLIGHT, Nuclear Experiment, NEUTRON CAPTURE CROSS SECTION
Abstract: The radiative neutron capture cross section of 207Pb has been measured at the CERN neutron time of flight installation n_TOF using the pulse height weighting technique in the resolved energy region. The measurement has been performed with an optimized setup of two C6D6 scintillation detectors, which allowed us to reduce scattered neutron backgrounds down to a negligible level. Resonance parameters and radiative kernels have been determined for 16 resonances by means of an R-matrix analysis in the neutron energy range from 3 keV to 320 keV. Good agreement with previous measurements was found at low neutron energies, whereas substantial discrepancies appear beyond 45 keV. With the present results, we obtain an s-process contribution of 77(8)% to the solar abundance of 207Pb. This corresponds to an r-process component of 23(8)%, which is important for deriving the U/Th ages of metal poor halo stars., 7 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. C
Published: 2006

50. Neutron capture cross section measurements for nuclear astrophyisics at CERN n_TOF

Author: P. Cennini, W. Rapp, E. Griesmayer, J. Marganiec, G. Cortes, J. Salgado, V. Chepel, A. Poch, R. C. Haight, J. Andrzejewski, M. Mosconi, Carlo Rubbia, F. Gunsing, S. Andriamonje, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, A. Pavlik, M. Rosetti, C. Domingo-Pardo, I. Duran, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, P. Baumann, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, J. Cox, P. F. Mastinu, G. Aerts, Laurent Tassan-Got, J.C. Soares, C. Paradela, Michael Wiescher, H Frais-Kölbl, Marco Pignatari, R. Terlizzi, V. Konovalov, R. Gallino, D. Villamarin, I. Goncalves, M. Dahlfors, Roberto Capote, L. Ferrant, L. Tavora, S. Lukic, L. Perrot, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, Thomas Rauscher, F. Neves, P. Rullhusen, J. Pancin, S. Isaev, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, U. Abbondanno, Rene Reifarth, G. Vannini, Michael Heil, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, T. Papaevangelou, D. Karadimos, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, K. Wisshak, S. David, A.J.P.L. Policarpo, G. Tagliente, P. Pavlopoulos, Saed Dababneh, M. Embid-Segura, Yacine Kadi, J. M. Quesada, E. Jericha, A. Herrera-Martinez, P. E. Koehler, D. Cortina, Manuel Lozano, F. Voss, F. Käppeler, F. Becvar, G. Lorusso, E. Berthoumieux, Alberto Mengoni, B. Haas, E. Gonzalez-Romero, Nicola Colonna, C. Pretel, H. Alvarez-Pol, A. Plukis, V. Ketlerov, F. Gramegna, H. Wendler, Ralf Plag, J. Benlliure, A. Molina-Coballes, H. Leeb, A. J. M. Plompen, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, W.I. Furman, A. Lindote, M. Kerveno, José M. Martínez-Val, José Manuel Perlado, Heinz Oberhummer, S. Marrone, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, F. Alvarez-Velarde, H. Alvarez-Pol, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becvar, J. Benlliure, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calvino, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, D. Cortina, A. Couture, J. Cox, S. Dababneh, M. Dahlfor, S. David, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo-Pardo, I. Duran, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, H. Frais-Koelbl, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, R. Gallino, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Goverdoski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, F. Gunsing, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, F. Kaeppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimo, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, M. Krticka, C. Lamboudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, G. Lorusso, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, J. Martinez-Val, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P.M. Milazzo, A. Molina-Coballe, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, T. Papaevangelou, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, J.M. Perlado, L. Perrot, M. Pignatari, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Pluki, A. Poch, A. Policarpo, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, W. Rapp, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, J.C. Soare, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J.L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudi, F. Vo, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions, Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), L. Buchmann, M. Comyn, J. Thomson, and nTOF
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astrofísica nuclear, Neutron cross sections, Proton, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Neutrons -- Seccions, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), Neutron flux, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Nuclear astrophysics, Spallation, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Neutrons, Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Radioactivity, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Física nuclear
Abstract: A series of neutron capture cross section measurements of interest to nuclear astrophysics have been recently performed at n_TOF, the neutron spallation source operating at CERN. The low repetition frequency of the proton beam driver, the extremely high instantaneous neutron flux, and the low background conditions in the experimental area are optimal for capture cross section measurements on low-mass or radioactive samples. An overview of the measurements performed during the two experimental campaigns in 2002 and 2003 is presented with special emphasis on the measurement of the capture cross sections of the Os isotopes relevant for the cosmochronology based on the Re/Os clock. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TVB-4GFTP27-40/1/e75becb4002b5a2d671901c2aa851543
Published: 2005

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